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The Concept of Human Dignity and Its Role in Bioethical Discourse- [e-book]
The Concept of Human Dignity and Its Role in Bioethical Discourse- [e-book]
- 자료유형
- 학위논문
- ISBN
- 9781339756752
- 서명/저자
- The Concept of Human Dignity and Its Role in Bioethical Discourse - [e-book]
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor, MI : UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2016
- 형태사항
- 174 p
- 주기사항
- Adviser: Jason D'Cruz.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - State University of New York at Albany, 2016.
- 초록/해제
- 요약 : It is often assumed in moral and political reasoning that the concept of dignity is quite useful. Yet, if one were to consider the role that dignity plays in bioethical discourse, one may become confused as to exactly what explanatory work it does. For example, in 2002, the President's Council on Bioethics argued that human cloning may undermine dignity and therefore any efforts to advance such technologies should be banned. They write, "...a begotten child comes into the world just as its parents once did, and is therefore their equal in dignity and humanity" (President's Council on Bioethics on Cloning 2002). The problem with the above argument is that it is unclear as to how one's origin effects one's dignity; therefore, the concept cannot explain what is morally wrong with cloning. Because of examples such as the one above, the concept's effectiveness in moral explanation has come into question: what sort of explanatory power if any does it have? Who can be said to possess human dignity and why? What sort of protections does the concept afford? What constitutes a human dignity violation? My goal in this dissertation is to a) address these questions while responding to critics who have challenged the concept's usefulness in bioethical discourse and b) to suggest an alternative approach to the concept of human dignity that establishes all human beings as possessing dignity while at the same time avoiding arbitrarily elevating the moral status of all humans over all nonhumans.
- 기타 저자
- State University of New York at Albany Philosophy
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