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7. Ethics and Equity

Author : Paul B. Thompson

Published in: Socio-Economic Considerations in Biotechnology Regulation

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

Perspectives and views regarding rights are often developed as an attempt to specify the basic freedoms or capabilities that are necessary for human flourishing. Although views on rights acknowledge that natural scarcities constrain the potential for flourishing, they insist that when the action of one human limits the potential of another, this is the paradigmatic case calling for ethical critique. Rights are intended to protect human beings from oppression by other human beings; they are not to be understood as entitlements against the natural world. An alternative starting point is that of “values.” In either case, what is needed is an articulation of the ethical theories under the identified rights or values.

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Metadata
Title
Ethics and Equity
Author
Paul B. Thompson
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Socio-Economic Considerations in Biotechnology Regulation

Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-9439-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-9440-9

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9440-9_7