David Degrazia

Human Identity and Bioethics (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

When philosophers address personal identity, they usually explore numerical identity: what are the criteria for a person's continuing existence? When non-philosophers address personal identity, they often have in mind narrative identity: Which characteristics of a particular person are salient to her self-conception? This book develops accounts of both senses of identity, arguing that both are normatively important, and is unique in its exploration of a range of issues in bioethics through the lens of identity. Defending a biological view of our numerical identity and a framework for understanding narrative identity, DeGrazia investigates various issues for which considerations of identity prove critical: the definition of death; the authority of advance directives in cases of severe dementia; the use of enhancement technologies; prenatal genetic interventions; and certain types of reproductive choices. He demonstrates the power of personal identity theory to illuminate issues in bioethics as they bring philosophical theory to life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511123634
• Artikelnr.: 38212567

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Human persons: numerical identity and essence
3. Human persons: narrative identity and self-creation
4. Identity, what we are, and the definition of death
5. Advance directives, dementia, and the someone else problem
6. Enhancement technologies and self-creation
7. Prenatal identity: genetic interventions, reproductive choices.

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1. Introduction; 2. Human persons: numerical identity and essence; 3. Human persons: narrative identity and self-creation; 4. Identity, what we are, and the definition of death; 5. Advance directives, dementia, and the someone else problem; 6. Enhancement technologies and self-creation; 7. Prenatal identity: genetic interventions, reproductive choices.