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Title: THE CONTINGENT NATURE OF LIFE
BIOETHICS AND THE LIMITS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE
By: Marcus Duwell (Editor), Christoph Rehmann-Sutter (Editor), Dietmar Mieth (Editor)
Format: Paperback

List price: £139.99


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ISBN 10: 9048177170
ISBN 13: 9789048177172
Publisher: SPRINGER
Pub. date: 28 October, 2010
Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 39
Pages: 392
Synopsis: This volume explores the different dimensions of how the contingency of life, and especially human life, is relevant for ethical discussions and the normative frameworks in bioethics. It explores the relevance of the notion contingency, needs and desires for moral argumentation and bioethics. The volume discusses those notions in a philosophical perspective. Additionally, the volume is a contribution to a deeper reflection on basic philosophical assumptions of bioethics.
Illustrations: biography
Publication: Netherlands
Imprint: Springer
Returns: Returnable
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