{"product_id":"defense-of-dignity-creating-life-destroying-life-and-protecting-the-rights-of-conscience-paperback","title":"Defense of Dignity: Creating Life, Destroying Life, and Protecting the Rights of Conscience - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Kaczor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions about the dignity of the human person give rise to many of the most central and hotly disputed topics in bioethics. In \u003ci\u003eA Defense of Dignity: Creating Life, Destroying Life, and Protecting the Rights of Conscience\u003c\/i\u003e, Christopher Kaczor investigates whether each human being has intrinsic dignity and whether the very concept of \"dignity\" has a useful place in contemporary ethical debates. Kaczor explores a broad range of issues addressed in contemporary bioethics, including whether there is a duty of \"procreative beneficence,\" the ethics of ectopic pregnancy, and the possibility of \"rescuing\" human embryos with human wombs or artificial wombs. \u003ci\u003eA Defense of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e also treats issues relevant to the end of life, including physician-assisted suicide, provision of food and water to patients in a persistent vegetative state, and how to proceed with organ donation following death. Finally, what are the duties and prerogatives of health care professionals who refuse in conscience to take part in activities that they regard as degrading to human dignity? Should they be forced to do what they consider to be violations of the patient's well being, or does patient autonomy always trump the conscience of a health care professional? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in the Catholic intellectual and moral tradition, \u003ci\u003eA Defense of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e argues that all human beings from the beginning to the end of their lives should be treated with respect and considers how this belief should be applied in controversial cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Kaczor is professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is author and editor of a number of books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Abortion: Women's Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.06 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45304663933030,"sku":"9780268033262","price":57.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bTJnWjNPTTFubDRldkUySzFMK2F6dz09.webp?v=1774039832","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/defense-of-dignity-creating-life-destroying-life-and-protecting-the-rights-of-conscience-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}