International Libarary of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine

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The Contingent Nature of Life

by Marcus Duwell, Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, and Dietmar Mieth

Published 1 January 2008

This volume explores the different dimensions of how the contingency of life, and especially human life, is relevant for ethical discussions and the normative frameworks in bioethics. It explores the relevance of the notion contingency, needs and desires for moral argumentation and bioethics. The volume discusses those notions in a philosophical perspective. Additionally, the volume is a contribution to a deeper reflection on basic philosophical assumptions of bioethics.