Author: | L. Bellantoni | ISBN: | 9780230343542 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | October 3, 2011 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
Author: | L. Bellantoni |
ISBN: | 9780230343542 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication: | October 3, 2011 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Language: | English |
Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult of rights, which identifies the worth of human life with our autonomy, and a cult of life, which identifies human worth with the possession of a soul, and thereby, of human dignity.
Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult of rights, which identifies the worth of human life with our autonomy, and a cult of life, which identifies human worth with the possession of a soul, and thereby, of human dignity.