Global bioethics : the collapse of consensus

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Global bioethics : the collapse of consensus

edited by H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.

(Conflicts and trends : studies in values and policies / senior editor H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.)

M & M Scrivener Press, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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"Global Bioethics: The Collapse of Consensus" explores the persistent failure to produce a universal set of standards for bioethics. The predicament of contemporary morality, the post-modern condition, is such that we find ourselves in the position of numerous competing moralities that not only reach conflicting judgments about particular issues, but also reflect radically divergent world-views. Consensus, therefore, is impossible to achieve. These essays analyze and diagnose the causes and results of the diversity of moral world-views in both philosophy and everyday life. Some of the essays in this volume argue that the post-modern condition is actually the direct result of the philosophical-theological synthesis of the Western Christian Middle Ages. The essays in this volume explore the difficulties, both procedural and contentful, that have arisen from the failure of various attempts to arrive at a global secular bioethics by means of rational-discursive reflection.

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  • NCID
    BA90515500
  • ISBN
    • 9780976404132
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Salem, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 396 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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