The Contingent Nature of Life Bioethics and Limits of Human Existence /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Düwell, Marcus (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mieth, Dietmar (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 39
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Ethics.; Medicine > Philosophy.; Medical ethics.; Medical laws and legislation.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Philosophy of Medicine.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Medical Law.

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...