UID:
almafu_9959230990602883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 300 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-107-14670-4
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1-280-45811-9
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0-511-61448-9
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0-511-18161-2
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0-511-12577-1
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0-511-19844-2
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0-511-29934-6
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0-511-12491-0
Content:
When philosophers address personal identity, they usually explore numerical identity: what are the criteria for a person's continuing existence? When non-philosophers address personal identity, they often have in mind narrative identity: Which characteristics of a particular person are salient to her self-conception? This book develops accounts of both senses of identity, arguing that both are normatively important, and is unique in its exploration of a range of issues in bioethics through the lens of identity. Defending a biological view of our numerical identity and a framework for understanding narrative identity, DeGrazia investigates various issues for which considerations of identity prove critical: the definition of death; the authority of advance directives in cases of severe dementia; the use of enhancement technologies; prenatal genetic interventions; and certain types of reproductive choices. He demonstrates the power of personal identity theory to illuminate issues in bioethics as they bring philosophical theory to life.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction -- Human persons: numerical identity and essence -- Human persons: narrative identity and self-creation -- Identity, what we are, and the definition of death -- Advance directives, dementia, and the someone else problem -- Enhancement technologies and self-creation -- Prenatal identity: genetic interventions, reproductive choices.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-53268-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-82561-X
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
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Philosophy
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511614484
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511614484
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