An African Ethics of Personhood and Bioethics

A Reflection on Abortion and Euthanasia

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Palgrave Macmillan


Paru le : 2020-05-30



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This book articulates an African conception of dignity in light of the salient axiological category of personhood in African cultures. The idea of personhood embodies a moral system for evaluating human lives exuding with virtue or ones that are morally excellent. This book argues that this idea of personhood embodies an under-explored conception of dignity, which accounts for it in terms of our capacity for the virtue of sympathy. It then proceeds to apply this personhood-based conception of dignity to bioethical questions, specifically, those of abortion and euthanasia. Regarding abortion, it concludes that it is impermissible since foetuses possess partial moral status. Regarding euthanasia, it argues that it is permissible for reasons revolving around avoiding the reversing of personhood. It also, though, minimally, touches on the questions regarding the mentally disabled and animals, to which it assigns lower moral status.

Pages
136 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2020-05-30
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9783030465186
EAN PDF
9783030465193

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1
Nombre pages imprimables
13
Taille du fichier
1597 Ko
Prix
52,74 €
EAN EPUB
9783030465193

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Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
13
Taille du fichier
307 Ko
Prix
52,74 €

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