Erschienen in:
01.11.2010 | Editorial
Autonomy, free will and embodiment
verfasst von:
Bert Gordijn, Henk ten Have
Erschienen in:
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
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Ausgabe 4/2010
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Excerpt
Common sense suggests we are autonomous beings with a free will and a body. This is an anthropological premise of much contemporary bioethics, especially in the Western world. Obviously, this premise should be specified and nuanced. What is more, it may be critically questioned to what extent the premise, even in a more sophisticated appearance, is relevant to the analysis of specific ethical issues. This is exactly what the first five papers in the present issue of Medicine Health Care and Philosophy endeavour. …