The Values of Life

In Life’s Dominion Dworkin aims at defusing the controversy about abortion and euthanasia by redefining its terms. Basically it is not a dispute about the right to life, but about its value. Liberals should grant that human life has not only a personal, but also an intrinsic value; conservatives sho...

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Main Author: Hartogh, Govert Den (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1997
In: Bioethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-66
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