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020			_a9780511552120 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aR724 _b.C455 1993
082	0	0	_a174/.2 _220
100	1		_aCharlesworth, Max, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBioethics in a Liberal Society / _cMax Charlesworth.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1993.
300			_a1 online resource (184 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2017).
520			_aWe live in a liberal, democratic, multicultural society where ideally the values of personal liberty and autonomy are paramount. In such a society the state, through the law, should not be concerned with telling people how they should live their lives. In spite of this, many of the ethical stances taken in liberal societies are paternalistic and authoritarian. This readable and balanced book is an original discussion of contemporary issues in bioethics. Max Charlesworth argues that as there can be no public consensus on a set of core values – liberal societies accept a variety of religious, non-religious, political and moral stances - there should be a plurality of ethical stances as well. On this basis he discusses issues such as the ending of human life, the new reproductive technologies and ethical distribution of limited health-care resources, particularly hospital care.
650		0	_aMedical ethics
650		0	_aBioethics
650		0	_aEthics, Medical
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521445030
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511552120
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