BIOETHICS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN-RIGHTS

Authors
THOMASMA DC
Citation
Dc. Thomasma, BIOETHICS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN-RIGHTS, The Journal of law, medicine & ethics, 25(4), 1997, pp. 295
Citations number
76
Journal title
The Journal of law, medicine & ethics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10731105
Volume
25
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
1073-1105(1997)25:4<295:BAIH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Noting how the spread of medical technology is creating clashes with t raditional values and within cultures, the author addresses the clash between Western rights-based incentives, as used by the United Nations to guarantee respect for life and dignity, and communitarian traditio ns. He proposes a mean between wholesale cultural relativism and inter national absolutism.