期刊全称 | An African Ethics of Personhood and Bioethics | 期刊简称 | A Reflection on Abor | 影响因子2023 | Motsamai Molefe | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Contributes to the emerging field of African bioethics.Articulates a personhood-based theory of dignity.Applies this theory to select bioethical issues: abortion and euthanasia | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book articulates an African conception of dignity in light of the salient axiological category of personhood in African cultures. The idea of personhood embodies a moral system for evaluating human lives exuding with virtue or ones that are morally excellent. This book argues that this idea of personhood embodies an under-explored conception of dignity, which accounts for it in terms of our capacity for the virtue of sympathy. It then proceeds to apply this personhood-based conception of dignity to bioethical questions, specifically, those of abortion and euthanasia. Regarding abortion, it concludes that it is impermissible since foetuses possess partial moral status. Regarding euthanasia, it argues that it is permissible for reasons revolving around avoiding the reversing of personhood. It also, though, minimally, touches on the questions regarding the mentally disabled and animals, to which it assigns lower moral status.. | Pindex | Book 2020 |
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