Global bioethics, collective identities and the limits of rationality

Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gunson, Darryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical theory; Discourse ethics; Global bioethics; Habermas; Identity; Proceduralism; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249112456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1941-6008.1107     Document Type: Article

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