The Triple Helix: The Soul of Bioethics

Bellantoni, L.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349336647

DOI: 10.1057/9780230343542

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 230