Death, posthumous harm, and bioethics / James Stacey Taylor.

  • Taylor, James Stacey, 1970-
Date:
2012
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New York : Routledge, Taylor Francis Group, 2012.

Physical description

xiii, 228 pages ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-221) and index.

Contents

Posthumous harm and interest-based accounts of well-being -- Further criticism of the possibility of posthumous harm -- The impossibility of posthumous harm -- Can the dead be wronged? -- Why death is not a harm to the one who dies -- Fearless symmetry -- Epicureanism, suicide, and euthanasia -- Epicureanism and organ procurement -- Further bioethical applications of full-blooded epicureanism.

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    BD444 2012T24d
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ISBN

  • 9780415518840
  • 0415518849