Dignity After Death and Protecting the Sanctity of Human Remains

Moral and philosophical conceptions of dignity hold that a human being is entitled to receive ethical treatment, and to be respected and valued in all phases of life and even through death. Notwithstanding this truism, a single, agreed-upon definition of human dignity in the scientific and legal con...

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Main Author: Matt Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2015-05-01
Series:Voices in Bioethics
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Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/article/view/6636