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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Main Author: Smith, David H. (Author)
Contributors: Meilaender, Gilbert 1946- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2017
In: 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.
ISSN:0953-9468
Reference:Kritik in "Friendly Rejoinders (2017)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946816684435