Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War

In situations of armed conflict, [Michael L. Gross] argues that military necessity (constrained by the principle of proportionality) trumps other values, but only until it comes to the point of denying human dignity. This turns out, however, to be a much smaller exception than many liberals will acc...

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Published inEthics & International Affairs Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 225 - 227
Main Author Harbour, Frances V.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.07.2008
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
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Armed conflict
Bioethics
Ethics
Medical ethics
Morality
Principles
Self esteem
Torture
Utilitarianism
Values
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Summary:In situations of armed conflict, [Michael L. Gross] argues that military necessity (constrained by the principle of proportionality) trumps other values, but only until it comes to the point of denying human dignity. This turns out, however, to be a much smaller exception than many liberals will accept. Gross differentiates between the overarching concept of dignity as "the fundamental worth of any human being" and its offshoot, "dignity as self-esteem" (pp. 53-54).
Bibliography:Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War, GrossMichael L. (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2006), 400 pp., $65 cloth, $26 paper.
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ISSN:0892-6794
1747-7093
DOI:10.1111/j.1747-7093.2008.00148.x