Overview
- Delves deeper into the Principle of Vulnerability which was proposed in the 2005 UNESCO Declaration in Bioethics and Human Rights
- First book to analyze vulnerability from the religious perspective
- Based on a dialogue between experts from six major world religions about the meaning of vulnerability
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advancing Global Bioethics (AGBIO, volume 2)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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General Considerations on the Principle of Vulnerability in Bioethics
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Religious Perspectives of Vulnerability from Philosophical, Ethical and Legal Points of View
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Responses to Vulnerable Groups from Six Religions
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“This is a compilation of essays from different religious and cultural perspectives regarding human vulnerability in bioethics. … this book is intended for people studying or working in bioethics. It is also suitable for students of comparative religion, public policy, health policy, and other related fields. … This collection of essays is successful in sharing the authentic voices of a diverse group of religious and cultural perspectives.” (Jessica Roach, Doody’s Book Reviews, January, 2015)Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Religious Perspectives on Human Vulnerability in Bioethics
Editors: Joseph Tham, Alberto Garcia, Gonzalo Miranda
Series Title: Advancing Global Bioethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8736-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8735-2Published: 29 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0052-6Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8736-9Published: 07 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2212-652X
Series E-ISSN: 2212-6538
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 251
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Religious Studies, general