Bioethics and Moral Content: National Traditions of Health Care Morality: Papers Dedicated in Tribute to Kazumasa Hoshino

by H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.

Book Overview

Is there only one bioethics? Is a global bioethics possible? Or, instead, does one encounter a plurality of bioethical approaches shaped by local cultural and national traditions? Some thirty years ago a field of applied ethics emerged under the rubric bioethics'. Little thought was given at the time to the possibility that this field bore the imprint of a particular American set of moral commitments. This volume explores the plurality of moral perspectives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048156580
• ISBN13: 9789048156580
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"