UID:
almafu_9961448894902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (273 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-060809-9
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0-19-060810-2
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0-19-060808-0
Inhalt:
Scholars claim that if the public has particular definitions of a human they will treat others like objects or animals. This book examines these claims and finds that some definitions do lead to maltreatment, but the definitions of a majority of the public are unlikely to do so.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Anthropologies and Human Rights in the Academic Debate -- Chapter 3 The General Public, Academic Anthropologies, and Human Rights -- Chapter 4 The Public's Biological Anthropologies: DNA and Analogies to Existing Humans -- Chapter 5 The Public's Philosophical Anthropologies: Autonomous and Social Traits -- Chapter 6 The Public's Theological Anthropologies: The Image of God and the Soul -- Chapter 7 The Public's Socially Conferred Anthropology: Humans Making Humans Human -- Chapter 8 Conclusion: Re-assessing the Academic Debate about Anthropologies -- Appendix A Formal Statistical Analyses of the Survey Data -- Appendix B Public Opinion Survey -- Appendix C In-depth Interviews -- Works Cited -- Index.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-19-060807-2
Sprache:
Englisch
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