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Human dignity and bioethics / edited by Edmund D. Pellegrino, Adam Schulman, and Thomas W. Merrill.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Notre Dame studies in medical ethicsPublisher: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2009]Description: xvi, 555 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0268038929
  • 9780268038922
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.957 22
LOC classification:
  • QH332 .H842 2009
Contents:
Preface: The Persisting Relevance of Dignity / Edmund D. Pellegrino Adam Schulman Thomas W. Merrill -- Introduction -- 1. Bioethics and the Question of Human Dignity / Adam Schulman -- 2. Human Dignity and Respect for Persons: A Historical Perspective on Public Bioethics / F. Daniel Davis -- Part I. Dignity and Modern Science -- 3. How to Protect Human Dignity from Science / Daniel C. Dennett -- 4. Human Dignity and the Mystery of the Human Soul / Robert P. Kraynak -- Commentary on Kraynak -- Daniel C. Dennett -- Commentary on Dennett -- Robert P. Kraynak -- Commentary on Dennett -- Alfonso Gomez-Lobo -- 5. Human Dignity from a Neurophilosophical Perspective / Patricia S. Churchland -- Commentary on Churchland -- Gilbert Meilaender -- Part II. Human Nature and the Future of Man -- 6. Human Uniqueness and Human Dignity: Persons in Nature and the Nature of Persons / Holmes Rolston III -- 7. Human Dignity and the Future of Man / Charles Rubin -- 8. Dignity and Enhancement / Nick Bostrom -- Commentary on Bostrom -- Charles Rubin -- Part III. Dignity and Modern Culture -- 9. Human Dignity and Public Discourse / Richard John Neuhaus -- 10. Modern and American Dignity Peter / Augustine Lawler -- 11. Human Dignity: Exploring and Explicating the Council's Vision / Gilbert Meilaender -- Commentary on Meilaender and Dennett -- Peter Augustine Lawler -- Commentary on Meilaender and Lawler -- Diana Schaub -- Part IV. The Sources and Meaning of Dignity -- 12. Defending Human Dignity / Leon R. Kass -- 13. Kant's Concept of Human Dignity as a Resource for Bioethics / Susan M. Shell -- 14. Human Dignity and Political Entitlements / Martha Nussbaum -- Commentary on Nussbaum, Shell, and Kass -- Diana Schaub -- 15. The Irreducibly Religious Character of Human Dignity / David Gelernter -- Part V. Theories of Human Dignity -- 16. The Nature and Basis of Human Dignity / Patrick Lee, Robert P. George -- 17. Two Arguments from Human Dignity / Paul Weithman -- 18. Dignity and Bioethics: History, Theory, and Selected Applications / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Part VI. Human Dignity and the Practice of Medicine -- 19. Human Dignity and the Seriously Ill Patient / Rebecca Dresser -- 20. The Lived Experience of Human Dignity / Edmund D. Pellegrino.
Summary: "This collection of essays, commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics, explores a fundamental concept crucial to today's discourse in law and ethics in general and in bioethics in particular. Since its formation in 2001, the council has frequently used the term “human dignity” in its discussions and reports. In this volume scholars from the fields of philosophy, medicine and medical ethics, law, political science, and public policy address the issue of what the concept of “human dignity” entails and its proper role in bioethical controversies. Human Dignity and Bioethics is an attempt to clarify a controversial concept, one that is a critical component in the decisions of policymakers."--Publisher's website.
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Originally published: Washington, D.C. : President's Council on Bioethics, 2008. With a new preface.

"The essays in this volume were commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: The Persisting Relevance of Dignity / Edmund D. Pellegrino Adam Schulman Thomas W. Merrill -- Introduction -- 1. Bioethics and the Question of Human Dignity / Adam Schulman -- 2. Human Dignity and Respect for Persons: A Historical Perspective on Public Bioethics / F. Daniel Davis -- Part I. Dignity and Modern Science -- 3. How to Protect Human Dignity from Science / Daniel C. Dennett -- 4. Human Dignity and the Mystery of the Human Soul / Robert P. Kraynak -- Commentary on Kraynak -- Daniel C. Dennett -- Commentary on Dennett -- Robert P. Kraynak -- Commentary on Dennett -- Alfonso Gomez-Lobo -- 5. Human Dignity from a Neurophilosophical Perspective / Patricia S. Churchland -- Commentary on Churchland -- Gilbert Meilaender -- Part II. Human Nature and the Future of Man -- 6. Human Uniqueness and Human Dignity: Persons in Nature and the Nature of Persons / Holmes Rolston III -- 7. Human Dignity and the Future of Man / Charles Rubin -- 8. Dignity and Enhancement / Nick Bostrom -- Commentary on Bostrom -- Charles Rubin -- Part III. Dignity and Modern Culture -- 9. Human Dignity and Public Discourse / Richard John Neuhaus -- 10. Modern and American Dignity Peter / Augustine Lawler -- 11. Human Dignity: Exploring and Explicating the Council's Vision / Gilbert Meilaender -- Commentary on Meilaender and Dennett -- Peter Augustine Lawler -- Commentary on Meilaender and Lawler -- Diana Schaub -- Part IV. The Sources and Meaning of Dignity -- 12. Defending Human Dignity / Leon R. Kass -- 13. Kant's Concept of Human Dignity as a Resource for Bioethics / Susan M. Shell -- 14. Human Dignity and Political Entitlements / Martha Nussbaum -- Commentary on Nussbaum, Shell, and Kass -- Diana Schaub -- 15. The Irreducibly Religious Character of Human Dignity / David Gelernter -- Part V. Theories of Human Dignity -- 16. The Nature and Basis of Human Dignity / Patrick Lee, Robert P. George -- 17. Two Arguments from Human Dignity / Paul Weithman -- 18. Dignity and Bioethics: History, Theory, and Selected Applications / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Part VI. Human Dignity and the Practice of Medicine -- 19. Human Dignity and the Seriously Ill Patient / Rebecca Dresser -- 20. The Lived Experience of Human Dignity / Edmund D. Pellegrino.

"This collection of essays, commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics, explores a fundamental concept crucial to today's discourse in law and ethics in general and in bioethics in particular. Since its formation in 2001, the council has frequently used the term “human dignity” in its discussions and reports. In this volume scholars from the fields of philosophy, medicine and medical ethics, law, political science, and public policy address the issue of what the concept of “human dignity” entails and its proper role in bioethical controversies. Human Dignity and Bioethics is an attempt to clarify a controversial concept, one that is a critical component in the decisions of policymakers."--Publisher's website.

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