The President's Council on Bioethics, Washington, D.C., March 2008

Human Dignity and Bioethics: Essays Commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter of Transmittal
Members of the President's Council on Bioethics
Council Staff and Consultants
Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Bioethics and the Question of Human Dignity (Schulman)
Chapter 2: Human Dignity and Respect for Persons: A Historical Perspective on Public Bioethics (Davis)

Part 1: Dignity and Modern Science

Chapter 3: How to Protect Human Dignity from Science (Dennett)
Chapter 4: Human Dignity and the Mystery of the Human Soul (Kraynak)
Commentary on Kraynak (Dennett)
Commentary on Dennett (Kraynak)
Commentary on Dennett (Gómez-Lobo)
Chapter 5: Human Dignity from a Neurophilosophical Perspective (Churchland)
Commentary on Churchland (Meilaender)

Part 2: Human Nature and the Future of Man

Chapter 6: Human Uniqueness and Human Dignity: Persons in Nature and the Nature of Persons (Rolston)
Chapter 7: Human Dignity and the Future of Man (Rubin)
Chapter 8: Dignity and Enhancement (Bostrom)

Part 3: Dignity and Modern Culture

Chapter 9: human Dignity and Public Discourse (Neuhaus)
Chapter 10: Modern and American Dignity (Lawler)
Chapter 11: Human dignity: Exploring and Explicating the Council's Vision (Meilaender)
Commentary on Meilaender and Dennett (Lawler)
Commentary on Meilaender and Dennett (Schaub)

Part 4: The Source and Meaning of Dignity

Chapter 12: Defending Human Dignity (Kass)
Chapter 13: Kant's Concept of Human Dignity as a Resource for Bioethics (Shell)
Chapter 14: Human Dignity and Political Entitlements (Nussbaum)
Commentary on Nussbaum, Shell, and Kass (Schaub)
Chapter 15: The Irreducibly Religious Character of Human Dignity (Gelernter)

Part 5: Theories of Human Dignity

Chapter 16: The Nature and Basis of Human Dignity (Lee, George)
Chapter 17: Two Arguments From human Dignity (Weithman)
Chapter 18: Dignity and Bioethics: History, Theory, and Selected Applications (Sulmasy)

Part 6: Human Dignity and the Practice of Medicine

Chapter 19: Human Dignity and the Seriously Ill Patient (Dresser)
Chapter 20: The Lived Experience of Human Dignity (Pellegrino)

Contributors