This paper defends human dignity in two ways. First, by confronting the criticism that human
dignity does not serve an important function in contemporary moral discourse and that its …

This collection of essays, commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics, explores a
fundamental concept crucial to today's discourse in law and ethics in general and in …

The meaning of dignity in health care has been primarily explored using interviews and
surveys with various patient groups, as well as with health care practitioners. Philosophical …

Human rights and human dignity are intimately linked. Unfortunately, however, it is more
common for both terms to be tossed about like slogans in bioethical debate than for either …

This chapter explores the concept of dignity, drawing on a range of perspectives. It starts
with reflective exercises to enable to explore own understanding of dignity and develop a …

For some decades, the concept of human dignity has been widely discussed in bioethical
literature. Some authors think that this concept is central to questions of respect for human …

This essay serves as an introduction to this issue of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy.
The five articles in this issue address a range of topics from the human embryo and …

Johan Bester (2020) provides an account of the ethical principle of beneficence, which
creates an ethical obligation to benefit the patient, in terms of wellbeing. Wellbeing, in turn …