The Contingent Nature of Life : Bioethics and the Limits of Human Existence / edited by Marcus Düwell, Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, Dietmar Mieth.
2008
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Title
The Contingent Nature of Life : Bioethics and the Limits of Human Existence / edited by Marcus Düwell, Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, Dietmar Mieth.
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Edition
1st ed. 2008.
Imprint
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Description
XVI, 376 p. online resource.
Series
International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine. 1567-8008 ; 39.
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Contingency of Life and the Ethical
The Value of Natural Contingency
Between Natural Necessity and Ethical Contingency
Of Poststructuralist Ethics and Nomadic Subjects
Genetics, a Practical Anthropology
Science, Religion, and Contingency
Ethical Theories and the Limits of Life Sciences
Bioethics and the Normative Concept of Human Selfhood
Human Cognitive Vulnerability and the Moral Status of the Human Embryo and Foetus
Needs and the Metaphysics of Rights
The Authority of Desire in Medicine
Procreative Needs and Rights
Needs, Capacities and Morality
Moral Judgement and Moral Reasoning
Philosophical Reflection on Bioethics and Limits
Cases of Limits
Finite Lives and Unlimited Medical Aspirations
Reproductive Choice: Whose Rights? Whose Freedom?
Assisted Reproduction and the Changing of the Human Body
On the Limits of Liberal Bioethics
The Human Embryo as Clinical Tool
The Naked Emperor
Abilities and Disabilities
Disability: Suffering, Social Oppression, or Complex Predicament?
Disability and Moral Philosophy: Difference Should Count
Neuro-Prosthetics, the Extended Mind, and Respect for Persons with Disability
Others' Views: Intercultural Perspectives
Normative Relations: East Asian on Biomedicine and Bioethics
Limits of Human Existence According to China's Bioethics
There is the World, and there is the Map of the World
Reflections on Human Dignity and the Israeli Cloning Debate
Conceiving of Human Life
Globalization and the Dynamic Role of Human Rights in Relation to a Common Perspective for Life Sciences.
The Value of Natural Contingency
Between Natural Necessity and Ethical Contingency
Of Poststructuralist Ethics and Nomadic Subjects
Genetics, a Practical Anthropology
Science, Religion, and Contingency
Ethical Theories and the Limits of Life Sciences
Bioethics and the Normative Concept of Human Selfhood
Human Cognitive Vulnerability and the Moral Status of the Human Embryo and Foetus
Needs and the Metaphysics of Rights
The Authority of Desire in Medicine
Procreative Needs and Rights
Needs, Capacities and Morality
Moral Judgement and Moral Reasoning
Philosophical Reflection on Bioethics and Limits
Cases of Limits
Finite Lives and Unlimited Medical Aspirations
Reproductive Choice: Whose Rights? Whose Freedom?
Assisted Reproduction and the Changing of the Human Body
On the Limits of Liberal Bioethics
The Human Embryo as Clinical Tool
The Naked Emperor
Abilities and Disabilities
Disability: Suffering, Social Oppression, or Complex Predicament?
Disability and Moral Philosophy: Difference Should Count
Neuro-Prosthetics, the Extended Mind, and Respect for Persons with Disability
Others' Views: Intercultural Perspectives
Normative Relations: East Asian on Biomedicine and Bioethics
Limits of Human Existence According to China's Bioethics
There is the World, and there is the Map of the World
Reflections on Human Dignity and the Israeli Cloning Debate
Conceiving of Human Life
Globalization and the Dynamic Role of Human Rights in Relation to a Common Perspective for Life Sciences.
Summary
Life and nature are imperfect, uncontrollable, and largely (and perhaps permanently) unknowable, that is to say: contingent. The contingency of life is a significant challenge for medicine and technology. Life sciences seem to broaden the possibilities of control to an extent that the contingency of life and nature is no longer self-evident. This very broad statement raises a lot of serious questions. Is it a valid diagnosis? Are the life sciences really defying the contingency of our existence? Or are we simply manipulated by utopian promises? And if contingency is really being challenged, why should we worry about it? Is contingency essential for a meaningful life and way of life? This volume explores the different ways in which the contingency of life, and especially human life, is relevant for ethical discussions and the normative frameworks of bioethics. It explores the relevance of the notion of contingency, and the desire for moral argumentation within bioethics. The authors discuss these notions from a philosophical perspective, paying special attention to the impact of life sciences on people with disabilities and to intercultural perspectives on bioethical debates. The volume also contributes to a deeper reflection on the basic philosophical assumptions of bioethics.
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9781402067648
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