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Bodies for Sale: Ethics and Exploitation in the Human Body Trade book cover

1st Edition

Bodies for Sale Ethics and Exploitation in the Human Body Trade

By Stephen Wilkinson Copyright 2003
262 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge
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Bodies for Sale: Ethics and Exploitation in the Human Body Trade explores the philosophical and practical issues raised by activities such as surrogacy and organ trafficking. Stephen Wilkinson asks what is it that makes some commercial uses of the body controversial, whether the arguments against commercial exploitation stand up, and whether legislation outlawing such practices is really... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Exploitation 3. Objectification Exploitation and Commodification 4. Harm, 5. Consent 6. Coercion 7. Organs for Sale 8. Babies for Sale? 9. Patenting Life

Biography

Stephen Wilkinson is Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Philosophy at Keele University. He has published widely on health care ethics and applied philosophy in journals including Bioethics, the Journal of Applied Philosophy, the Journal of Medical Ethics and Medical Law Review. In 1999 his article on mental illness won the Philosophical Quarterly International Essay Prize.

'An excellent treatment...a model of how to do this kind of work, being lively and accessible while seriously committed to rigorous analysis.'  - Hugh Upton, Philosophical Books

'This is a lucid and accessible introduction to some fo the ethical issues surrounding the commodification of the human body ... The book's format works extremely well ... For students of ethics, this book should be of great interest and great use.' - Stephen Bates, Political Theory

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