Human dignity, biolaw, and the basis of moral community.
Authors: Brownsword, R.
Journal: Journal international de bioéthique = International journal of bioethics
Volume: 21
Issue: 4
ISSN: 1145-0762
Abstract:This paper argues that the concept of human dignity, as currently contested, offers no clear guidance to lawmakers. Within the "bioethical triangle", human dignity has a quite different significance depending upon whether one is a utilitarian, a human rights theorist, or a dignitarian. Having rejected the possibility of an easy accommodation between these views, it is suggested that we should conceive of human dignity as a precondition for (any form of) moral community--specifically, a setting in which humans try to do the right thing and accept responsibility for their freely chosen actions. If lawmakers re-focus on human dignity in this way, they will have some important guidance in the face of a raft of emerging technologies.
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Human dignity, biolaw, and the basis of moral community.
Authors: Brownsword, R.
Journal: J Int Bioethique
Volume: 21
Issue: 4
Pages: 21-157
ISSN: 1145-0762
Abstract:This paper argues that the concept of human dignity, as currently contested, offers no clear guidance to lawmakers. Within the "bioethical triangle", human dignity has a quite different significance depending upon whether one is a utilitarian, a human rights theorist, or a dignitarian. Having rejected the possibility of an easy accommodation between these views, it is suggested that we should conceive of human dignity as a precondition for (any form of) moral community--specifically, a setting in which humans try to do the right thing and accept responsibility for their freely chosen actions. If lawmakers re-focus on human dignity in this way, they will have some important guidance in the face of a raft of emerging technologies.
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Human dignity, biolaw, and the basis of moral community.
Authors: Brownsword, R.
Journal: Journal International de Bioethique
Volume: 21
Issue: 4
Pages: 21
Source: Manual
Preferred by: Roger Brownsword
Human dignity, biolaw, and the basis of moral community.
Authors: Brownsword, R.
Journal: Journal international de bioethique = International journal of bioethics
Volume: 21
Issue: 4
Pages: 21-157
eISSN: 2102-5169
ISSN: 1145-0762
Abstract:This paper argues that the concept of human dignity, as currently contested, offers no clear guidance to lawmakers. Within the "bioethical triangle", human dignity has a quite different significance depending upon whether one is a utilitarian, a human rights theorist, or a dignitarian. Having rejected the possibility of an easy accommodation between these views, it is suggested that we should conceive of human dignity as a precondition for (any form of) moral community--specifically, a setting in which humans try to do the right thing and accept responsibility for their freely chosen actions. If lawmakers re-focus on human dignity in this way, they will have some important guidance in the face of a raft of emerging technologies.
Source: Europe PubMed Central