The Contingent Nature of Life (Record no. 253548)
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| control field | 978-1-4020-6764-8 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | DE-He213 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20160614140142.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781402067648 |
| -- | 978-1-4020-6764-8 |
| 024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-1-4020-6764-8 |
| Source of number or code | doi |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | Alfaisal Main Library |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QH301-705 |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | PSA |
| Source | bicssc |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | SCI086000 |
| Source | bisacsh |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 570 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Contingent Nature of Life |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | Bioethics and Limits of Human Existence / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by Marcus Düwell, Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, Dietmar Mieth. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Dordrecht : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Springer Netherlands, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | 2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | XVI, 376 p. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content Type Term | text |
| Content Type Code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media Type Term | computer |
| Media Type Code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier Type Term | online resource |
| Carrier Type Code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, |
| International Standard Serial Number | 1567-8008 ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 39 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contingency of Life and the Ethical -- The Value of Natural Contingency -- Between Natural Necessity and Ethical Contingency -- Of Poststructuralist Ethics and Nomadic Subjects -- Genetics, a Practical Anthropology -- Science, Religion, and Contingency -- Ethical Theories and the Limits of Life Sciences -- Bioethics and the Normative Concept of Human Selfhood -- Human Cognitive Vulnerability and the Moral Status of the Human Embryo and Foetus -- Needs and the Metaphysics of Rights -- The Authority of Desire in Medicine -- Procreative Needs and Rights -- Needs, Capacities and Morality -- Moral Judgement and Moral Reasoning -- Philosophical Reflection on Bioethics and Limits -- Cases of Limits -- Finite Lives and Unlimited Medical Aspirations -- Reproductive Choice: Whose Rights? Whose Freedom? -- Assisted Reproduction and the Changing of the Human Body -- On the Limits of Liberal Bioethics -- The Human Embryo as Clinical Tool -- The Naked Emperor -- Abilities and Disabilities -- Disability: Suffering, Social Oppression, or Complex Predicament? -- Disability and Moral Philosophy: Difference Should Count -- Neuro-Prosthetics, the Extended Mind, and Respect for Persons with Disability -- Others’ Views: Intercultural Perspectives -- Normative Relations: East Asian on Biomedicine and Bioethics -- Limits of Human Existence According to China’s Bioethics -- There is the World, and there is the Map of the World -- Reflections on Human Dignity and the Israeli Cloning Debate -- Conceiving of Human Life -- Globalization and the Dynamic Role of Human Rights in Relation to a Common Perspective for Life Sciences. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Life and nature are imperfect, uncontrollable, and largely (and perhaps permanently) unknowable, that is to say: contingent. The contingency of life is a significant challenge for medicine and technology. Life sciences seem to broaden the possibilities of control to an extent that the contingency of life and nature is no longer self-evident. This very broad statement raises a lot of serious questions. Is it a valid diagnosis? Are the life sciences really defying the contingency of our existence? Or are we simply manipulated by utopian promises? And if contingency is really being challenged, why should we worry about it? Is contingency essential for a meaningful life and way of life? This volume explores the different ways in which the contingency of life, and especially human life, is relevant for ethical discussions and the normative frameworks of bioethics. It explores the relevance of the notion of contingency, and the desire for moral argumentation within bioethics. The authors discuss these notions from a philosophical perspective, paying special attention to the impact of life sciences on people with disabilities and to intercultural perspectives on bioethical debates. The volume also contributes to a deeper reflection on the basic philosophical assumptions of bioethics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Life sciences. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Culture |
| General subdivision | Study and teaching. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Ethics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Medicine |
| General subdivision | Philosophy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Medical ethics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Medical laws and legislation. |
| 650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Life Sciences. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Life Sciences, general. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Ethics. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy of Medicine. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Regional and Cultural Studies. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Medical Law. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| Source of term | local |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Düwell, Marcus. |
| Relator term | editor. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph. |
| Relator term | editor. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mieth, Dietmar. |
| Relator term | editor. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY | |
| Title | Springer eBooks |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781402067624 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, |
| -- | 1567-8008 ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 39 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6764-8">http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6764-8</a> |
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| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | eBooks |
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