What It Means to Be Human - The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics

American law assumes that individuals are autonomous, defined by their capacity to choose, and not obligated to each other. But our bodies make us vulnerable and dependent, and the law leaves the weakest on their own. O. Carter Snead argues for a paradigm that recognizes embodiment, enabling law and policy to provide for the care that people need.

About the author

O. Carter Snead is William P. and Hazel B. White Director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, Professor of Law, and Concurrent Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life, the principal bioethics advisory body to Pope Francis, and a Fellow of the Hastings Center.

Summary

American law assumes that individuals are autonomous, defined by their capacity to choose, and not obligated to each other. But our bodies make us vulnerable and dependent, and the law leaves the weakest on their own. O. Carter Snead argues for a paradigm that recognizes embodiment, enabling law and policy to provide for the care that people need.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Kouklanakis, O Carter Snead, O. Carter Snead
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780674278769
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27876-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; MEDICAL / Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Philosophy of Science, Popular philosophy, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law