The force of dissimilar analogies in bioethics

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-128

  Mertes, Heidi ^a   Pennings, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analogy; Bioethics; Dissimilarity; Ethical reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MORALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MORALS; OOCYTE DONATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 79956134923     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-010-9165-6     Document Type: Article

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