$133.49
Author: Deryck Beyleveld
Brand: OUP Oxford
Edition: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Details: Product Description
The concept of human dignity is increasingly invoked in bioethical debate and, indeed, in international instruments concerned with biotechnology and biomedicine. While some commentators consider appeals to human dignity to be little more than rhetoric and not worthy of serious consideration, the authors of this groundbreaking new study give such appeals distinct and defensible meaning through an application of the moral theory of Alan Gewirth.
Review
`… timely new work … a valuable addition to the growing literature on bioethics and biolaw. Its arguments concerning the importance of agency to human dignity deserve attention.’ Modern Law Review, March 2003
`… the book steps flawlessly through thematic constructs … the treatment of use of genetic material is a welcome departure from the purely philosophical and makes compelling reading.’ Bio-Science Law Review, Vol. 5 Issue 2, 2001/2
About the Author
Deryck Beyleveld is Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sheffield and Director of the Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics. Roger Brownsword is Professor of Law and head of the Department of Law at the University of Sheffield
Release Date: 06-02-2002
Package Dimensions: 24x234x581
