Technicians of Human Dignity : : Bodies, Souls, and the Making of Intrinsic Worth / / Gaymon Bennett.

Technicians of Human Dignity traces the extraordinary rise of human dignity as a defining concern of religious, political, and bioethical institutions over the last half century and offers original insight into how human dignity has become threatened by its own success. The global expansion of digni...

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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Fordham University Press,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (334 p.)
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