Description: Further DetailsTitle: Whose Body is it Anyway?Condition: NewSubtitle: Justice and the Integrity of the PersonISBN-10: 0199289999EAN: 9780199289998ISBN: 9780199289998Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/06/2006Description: In the prevailing liberal ethos, if there is one thing that is beyond the reach of others, it is our body in particular, and our person in general: our legal and political tradition is such that we have the right to deny others access to our person and body, even though doing so would harm those who need personal services from us, or body parts. However, we lack the right to use ourselves as we wish in order to raise income, even though we do not necessarily harm others by doing so---even though we might in fact benefit them by doing so. Cécile Fabre's aim in this book is to show that, according to the principles of distributive justice which inform most liberal democracies, both in practice and in theory, it should be exactly the other way around: that is, if it is true that we lack the right to withhold access to material resources from those who need them, we also lack the right to withhold access to our body from those who need it; but we do, under some circumstances, have the right to decide how to use it in order to raise income. More specifically, she argues in favour of the confiscation of body parts and personal services, as well as of the commercialization of organs, sex, and reproductive capacities.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 241mmItem Length: 163mmItem Width: 22mmItem Weight: 558gAuthor: Cécile FabreGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Whose Body is it Anyway?
Title: Whose Body is it Anyway?
Subtitle: Justice and the Integrity of the Person
ISBN-10: 0199289999
EAN: 9780199289998
ISBN: 9780199289998
Release Date: 04/06/2006
Release Year: 2006
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Whose Body Is It Anyway? : Justice and the Integrity of the Person
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2006
Subject: Mind & Body, Human Rights, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, Political
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 18.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Cécile Fabre
Subject Area: Political Science, Philosophy, Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
