Tsarapatsanis, D. (2015) Embryonic Human Life and Dignity: The French Connection. Laws, 4 (4). pp. 755-770. ISSN 2075-471X
Abstract
Human dignity is considered by a number of commentators as a normative concept that could potentially bridge the gap between bioethics and human rights. The purpose of this article is to question this assumption insofar as it applies to embryonic human life by way of a case study. The article will chart the way dignity has been historically used in French political and legal debates since the 1990s to attempt to afford constitutional protection to human embryos. It then proposes an interpretation of why such attempts failed, which could have wider significance for current debates.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 by the author; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Human dignity; bioethics; human embryos; value of human life; Dworkin; Waldron |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2016 08:28 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:04 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/laws4040755 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/laws4040755 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98801 |