Información General

• Autores: Aniceto Masferrer (ed. lit.), Emilio García Sánchez (ed. lit.)
• Editores: Springer Alemania
• Año de publicación: 2016
• País: Suiza
• Idioma: inglés
• ISBN: 978-3-319-32691-7
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Reseñas

• Ha sido reseñado en:

  • MASFERRER, Aniceto y GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ, Emilio (eds.). "Human Dignity of the Vulnerable in the Age of Rights": Cham (Suiza): Springer, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-32691-7

    Alejandro Salcedo Romo (res.)

    Cuadernos electrónicos de filosofía del derecho, ISSN-e 1138-9877, Nº. 34, 2016

Resumen

• This volume is devoted to exploring a subject which, on the surface, might appear to be just a trending topic. In fact, it is much more than a trend. It relates to an ancient, permanent issue which directly connects with people’s life and basic needs: the recognition and protection of individuals’ dignity, in particular the inherent worthiness of the most vulnerable human beings. The content of this book is described well enough by its title: ‘Human Dignity of the Vulnerable in the Age of Rights’. Certainly, we do not claim that only the human dignity of vulnerable people should be recognized and protected. We rather argue that, since vulnerability is part of the human condition, human vulnerability is not at odds with human dignity. To put it simply, human dignity is compatible with vulnerability.

  A concept of human dignity which discards or denies the dignity of the vulnerable and weak is at odds with the real human condition. Even those individuals who might seem more skilled and talented are fragile, vulnerable and limited. We need to realize that human condition is not limitless. It is crucial to re-discover a sense of moderation regarding ourselves, a sense of reality concerning our own nature. Some lines of thought take the opposite view. It is sometimes argued that humankind is – or is called to be – powerful, and that the time will come when there will be no vulnerability, no fragility, no limits at all. Human beings will become like God (or what believers might think God to be). This perspective rejects human vulnerability as in intrinsic evil. Those who are frail or weak, who are not autonomous or not able to care for themselves, do not possess dignity. In this volume it is claimed that vulnerability is an inherent part of human condition, and because human dignity belongs to all individuals, laws are called to recognize and protect the rights of all of them, particularly of those who might appear to be more vulnerable and fragile.

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Listado de artículos

• • Vulnerability and Human Dignity in the age of rights

    Aniceto Masferrer, Emilio García Sánchez

    págs. 1-29

    

  • Part I. Human dignity of the vulnerable: ethical and antropological perspectives

    • Vulnerability as a part of human nature

      Alfredo Marcos Martínez

      págs. 29-45

      

    • Ethics of vulnerability

      Adela Cortina Orts, Jesús Marcial Conill Sancho

      págs. 45-63

      

    • Vulnerable: to be between life and death

      Aquilino Cayuela Cayuela

      págs. 63-81

      

    • The vulnerability of life in the philosophy of Hans Jonas

      Paolo Becchi, Roberto Franzini Tibaldeo

      págs. 81-123

      

  • Part II. Human dignity of the vulnerable: biomedical and sociological perspectives

    • Biotechnologies inside the self: new challenges in clinical ontology

      Luis Enrique Echarte Alonso

      • Resumen

      págs. 123-141

      

    • Paradoxes of authenticity: a neuroscientific approach to personal identity

      Luis Enrique Echarte Alonso

      • Resumen

      págs. 141-167

      

    • Vulnerability at the end of life: a medical perspective

      Joaquim Bosch Barrera, Joan Vidal Bota

      págs. 169-187

      

    • Cosmetic vulnerability: the new face of human frailty

      Emilio García Sánchez

      págs. 189-221

      

  • Part III. Human dignity of the vulnerable in the age of rights: historical, legal philosophical and political perspectives

    • Taking human dignity more humanely

      Aniceto Masferrer

      págs. 221-257

      

    • Is vulnerability the foundation of human rights?

      Roberto Andorno

      págs. 257-273

      

    • The fragility of the human being and the 'Right' to die: biojuridical considerations

      Claudio Sartea

      págs. 273-293

      

    • Taking vulnerability seriously: What does it change for bioethics and politics?

      Corine Pelluchon

      págs. 293-313

      

    • The principle of respect for human vulnerability and assisted reproductive technologies

      Vicente Bellver Capella

      págs. 313-338