Gilbert Meilaender and the Tragedy of Biological Individualism
This article provides a friendly criticism of Meilaender’s positions on the beginning of life and decision making at the end of life. It is argued that his version of the self is narrowly physicalist and individualist with no room for the essentially social and psychological parts of identity or sel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2017
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 144-147 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBE Anthropology NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
beginning of life
B President’s Council B Bioethics B double effect B Abortion B end of life care B Euthanasia |
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| Summary: | This article provides a friendly criticism of Meilaender’s positions on the beginning of life and decision making at the end of life. It is argued that his version of the self is narrowly physicalist and individualist with no room for the essentially social and psychological parts of identity or selfhood. That in turn leads to his rigoristic or tutioristic judgments on end of life care. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Friendly Rejoinders (2017)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946816684435 |