Bioethics in the news: the values at stake.
Bioethical issues are complex, often involve factual uncertainty, and have broad and long-term potential consequences for individuals, institutions and society. Simplification is a strategy used by so-called 'progressive' values advocates to promote acceptance of their values. It results from exclud...
| Published in: | Church, Communication & Culture Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 39 - 61 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr 2019
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