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Potentiality: Metaphysical and Bioethical Dimensions
John P. Lizza (Ed.)
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Description for Potentiality: Metaphysical and Bioethical Dimensions
Paperback. Incorporating cutting-edge research on the topic of potentiality, this thought-provoking collection will interest bioethicists, philosophers, health care professionals, attorneys engaged in medical and health issues, and hospital and governmental committees who advise on policy and law concerning issues at the beginning and end of life. Editor(s): Lizza, John P. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
What is the moral status of humans lacking the potential for consciousness? The concept of potentiality often tips the scales in life-and-death medical decisions. Some argue that all human embryos have the potential to develop characteristics - such as consciousness, intellect, and will - that we normally associate with personhood. Individuals with total brain failure or in a persistent vegetative state are thought to lack the potential for consciousness or any other mental function. Or do they? In Potentiality John Lizza gathers classic articles alongside newly commissioned chapters from leading thinkers who analyze the nature of potentiality in bioethics, a ... Read more
What is the moral status of humans lacking the potential for consciousness? The concept of potentiality often tips the scales in life-and-death medical decisions. Some argue that all human embryos have the potential to develop characteristics - such as consciousness, intellect, and will - that we normally associate with personhood. Individuals with total brain failure or in a persistent vegetative state are thought to lack the potential for consciousness or any other mental function. Or do they? In Potentiality John Lizza gathers classic articles alongside newly commissioned chapters from leading thinkers who analyze the nature of potentiality in bioethics, a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421411743
SKU
V9781421411743
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About John P. Lizza (Ed.)
John P. Lizza is the chair of the Department of Philosophy at Kutztown University, author of Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death, and editor of Defining the Beginning and End of Life: Readings on Personal Identity and Bioethics, both published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for Potentiality: Metaphysical and Bioethical Dimensions
This book is a very precious work that contributes vigorously to philosophical research. Springer I highly recommend this collection to anyone interested in the potentiality debate at the margins of life's beginnings and endings. Quarterly Review of Biology