Being human : readings from the President's Council on Bioethics.

Washington, DC : [President's Council on Bioethics], [2003]

xxvi, 628 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"December 2003."

Section I: Natural imperfection and human longing. Chapter 1: The search for perfection ; Chapter 2: Scientific aspirations ; Chapter 3: To heal sometimes, to comfort always -- Section II: The human being and the life cycle. Chapter 4: Are we our bodies? ; Chapter 5: Many stages, one life ; Chapter 6: Among the generations ; Chapter 7: Why not immortality? -- Section III: Cures, improvements, and their costs: virtues for a richer bioethics. Chapter 8: Vulnerability and suffering ; Chapter 9: Living immediately ; Chapter 10: Human dignity.