Foundat Bioethics 2e C

by H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.

Book Overview

This new, thoroughly recast Second Edition has been acclaimed as "the most important book written since the beginning of that strange project called bioethics" (Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University). Its philosophical exploration of the foundations of secular bioethics has been substantially expanded. The book challenges the values of much of contemporary bioethics and health care policy by confronting their failure to secure the moral norms they seek...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195057368
• ISBN13: 9780195057362
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The Foundations of Bioethics

Rarely, does anyone get down to the elemental processes of human interactions. This book is one of those rare occasions. It basically negates all known ethical methods and demands respect for human rights (albeit in a un- or under-stated way). Post-Modern Ethics has no where to go except to the process of mutual respect of individuals.This is a difficult book to read because it cuts through all internal and external methods thus attacking one's own value system. A section on axiology would have been a plus (but not necessary.)It's must read for the new mellenium.