Bizarre Bioethics: Ghosts, Monsters, and Pilgrims

325 Pages·2022·3.985 MB·English

by  Henk A.M.J. ten Have

Bizarre Bioethics

Bizarre Bioethics
Ghosts, Monsters, and Pilgrims
Henk A.M.J. ten Have, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: ten Have, H., author.
Title: Bizarre bioethics : ghosts, monsters, and pilgrims /
Henk A.M.J. ten Have, MD, PhD.
Description: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021018586 | ISBN 9781421443027 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781421443034 (paperback ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9781421443041 (ebook)
Subjects: MESH: Bioethical Issues | Metaphor | Decision Making—ethics |
Internationality | Socioeconomic Factors
Classification: LCC R724 | NLM WB 60 | DDC 174.2—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021018586
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For Felix, miracle and hope
I have seen no more evident monster or miracle in the world
than myself (Je n’ay veu monstre et miracle au monde plus
expres que moy-mesme)
—Michel de Montaigne, Essais, Livre III, Chapitre XI, 1029
Contents
1
Questioning the Paradigm of Bioethics 1
2
The Establishment of Bioethics 15
3
Ghosts 38
4
Monsters 61
5
Pilgrims 88
6
Prophets 119
7
Relics 170
8
Critical Bioethics 203
Notes 223
Bibliography 259
Index 305

Bizarre Bioethics