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