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Bioethics and the Human Goods
Alfonso Gómez-Lobo
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Description for Bioethics and the Human Goods
Emphasising on human goods such as life, health, friendship, and knowledge and the wrongness of intentionally turning against them, the book provides a valuable approach to controversial bioethical questions at the beginning and end of life. Its approach contrasts with that of the dominant bioethical theories of utilitarianism and principlism. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626162716
SKU
V9781626162716
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About Alfonso Gómez-Lobo
Alfonso Gomez-Lobo (d. 2011) held the Ryan Chair in Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy at Georgetown University. He was a leading authority on classical philosophy and on bioethics. He specialized in Greek philosophy and historiography, the history of ethics, contemporary natural law theory, and bioethics. He was the recipient of several awards, including a research fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, and ... Read more
Reviews for Bioethics and the Human Goods
An impressive and welcome book . . . This book [is] dialectically engaged with an important and influential strand of contemporary bioethics.
American Journal of Bioethics
This excellent book is an ideal read for the busy clinician.
Catholic Medical Quarterly
The book is well written and offers a different, much-needed voice in contemporary bioethics discussions. . ... Read more
American Journal of Bioethics
This excellent book is an ideal read for the busy clinician.
Catholic Medical Quarterly
The book is well written and offers a different, much-needed voice in contemporary bioethics discussions. . ... Read more