Georgetown University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. Date: 1993. Hardcover. 0878405380 . 179 pages . 1993. Georgetown University Press ISBN 0878405380 9780878405381 [US]

ISBN10: 0878405380, ISBN13: 9780878405381, [publisher: Georgetown University Press] Hardcover
[Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]
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ISBN10: 0878405380, ISBN13: 9780878405381, [publisher: Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC] Hardcover Hardcover. The biological revolution, with its attendant technological powers to alter nature and human nature, demands fundamental and cautionary reflection on questions of the highest ethical importance. In this thoughtful book on contemporary issues in bioethics, Stephen G. Post explores nine major topics ranging from birth and adolescence to aging and death. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Post clearly illuminates the issues, probes the ethical alternatives, and examines the cultural changes that shape current presuppositions about the right and good. This book will be of interest to scholars in bioethics, philosophy, and religious studies; health-care professionals; and the general reader concerned with these pressing questions of life and death. The biological revolution, with its attendant technological powers to alter nature and human nature, demands fundamental and cautionary reflection on questions of the highest ethical importance. This book explores nine topics ranging from birth and adolescence to aging and death. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
[Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]