Standing on principles : collected essays /

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Author / Creator:Beauchamp, Tom L.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 291 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11215677
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ISBN:9780199774364
0199774366
9780199737185
0199737185
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Tom L. Beauchamp of Georgetown is one of the founding fathers of contemporary bioethics, and is particularly influential as one of the co-authors (with James Childress) of PRINCIPLES OF BIOMEDICAL ETHICS, first published by OUP over 25 years ago and a true cornerstone of contemporary bioethics. This volume is both an introductory textbook as well as a definitive expression of what is known as the dominant "principlist" approach which views bioethical reasoning developing out of four key principles: respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice. This view has been hig.
Other form:Print version: Beauchamp, Tom L. Standing on principles. New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199737185