Description: Bioethics and the Human GoodsAn Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics Author(s): Alfonso Gomez-Lobo, John Keown Format: Hardback Publisher: Georgetown University Press, United States Imprint: Georgetown University Press ISBN-13: 9781626162716, 978-1626162716 Synopsis Bioethics and the Human Goods offers students and general readers a brief introduction to bioethics from a "natural law" philosophical perspective. This perspective, which traces its origins to classical antiquity, has profoundly shaped Western ethics and law and is enjoying an exciting renaissance. While compatible with much in the ethical thought of the great religions, it is grounded in reason, not religion. In contrast to the currently dominant bioethical theories of utilitarianism and principlism, the natural law approach offers an understanding of human flourishing grounded in basic human goods, including life, health, friendship, and knowledge, and in the wrongness of intentionally turning against, or neglecting, these goods. The book is divided into two sections: Foundations and Issues. Foundations sketches a natural law understanding of the important ethical principles of autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice and explores different understandings of "personhood" and whether human embryos are persons. Issues applies a natural law perspective to some of the most controversial debates in contemporary bioethics at the beginning and end of life: research on human embryos, abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, the withdrawal of tube-feeding from patients in a "persistent vegetative state," and the definition of death. The text is completed by appendices featuring personal statements by Alfonso Gomez-Lobo on the status of the human embryo and on the definition and determination of death.
Price: 54.79 GBP
Location: Aldershot
End Time: 2024-12-18T17:03:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 35.85 GBP
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 60 days
Return policy details:
Book Title: Bioethics and the Human Goods
Number of Pages: 148 Pages
Publication Name: Bioethics and the Human Goods: an Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics
Language: English
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Item Height: 216 mm
Subject: Medicine, Biology
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 340 g
Author: Alfonso Gomez-Lobo
Item Width: 140 mm
Format: Hardcover
