Why Organ Conscription Should Be off the Table: Extrapolation from Heidegger's Being and Time.
The question, what measures to address the shortage of transplantable organs are ethically permissible? requires careful attention because, apart from its impact on medical practice, the stance we espouse here reflects our interpretations of human freedom and mortality. To raise the number of availa...
| Publicado en: | Sophia Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 153 - 175 |
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