Utilitarianism and Bioethics

Principles of Health Care Ethics: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 57-64

  Häyry, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioutilitarianism; Consequences; Good; Impartiality; Life; Maximisation; Personhood; Rationality; Sentience; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049119096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470510544.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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