Brain damage and the moral significance of consciousness

Neuroimaging studies of brain-damaged patients diagnosed as in the vegetative state suggest that the patients might be conscious. This might seem to raise no new ethical questions given that in related disputes both sides agree that evidence for consciousness gives strong reason to preserve life. We...

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Những tác giả chính: Kahane, G, Savulescu, J
Tác giả khác: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy Inc
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Oxford University Press 2009
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