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Who or what determines the right to die? Do advancing reproductive technologies change reproductive rights? What forces influence cultural standards of beauty? How do discipline, punishment, and torture reflect our attitudes about the human body? In this challenging new book, Jean Bethke Elshtain, a nationally recognized scholar in political science and philosophy, and J. Timothy Cloyd, a strong new voice in social and political science, have assembled a collection of thought-provoking essays on these issues written by some of the finest minds of our day.

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Politics and the Human Body
Assault on Dignity
edited by
Jean Bethke Elshtain and
J. Timothy Cloyd
Vanderbilt University Press
Nashville and London
title:Politics and the Human Body : Assault On Dignity
author:Elshtain, Jean Bethke
publisher:Vanderbilt University Press
isbn10 | asin:0826512593
print isbn13:9780826512598
ebook isbn13:9780585034058
language:English
subjectBody, Human (Philosophy) , Self (Philosophy) , Bioethics, Body, Human--Political aspects.
publication date:1995
lcc:B105.B64P65 1995eb
ddc:128
subject:Body, Human (Philosophy) , Self (Philosophy) , Bioethics, Body, Human--Political aspects.
COPYRIGHT 1995 BY VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY PRESS
All Rights Reserved
First Edition 1995
95 96 97 98 99 5 4 3 2 1
Publication of this book was supported by a grant from James P. Gray II
This publication is made from recycled paper and meets the minimum requirements of American
National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Politics and the human body : assault on dignity / edited by Jean Bethke Elshtain and J. Timothy Cloyd.
1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-8265-1259-3 (alk. paper): ISBN 0-8265-1260-7 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Body, Human (Philosophy) 2. Self (Philosophy) 3. Bioethics.
4. Body, HumanPolitical aspects. I. Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 1941
. II. Cloyd, J. Timothy. 1961
B105.B64P65 1995
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION BODIES AND POLITICS
JEAN BETHKE ELSHTAIN
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ONE BODIES PERFECT, BODIES EVERLASTING, BODIES, BOUGHT AND SOLD
1 Terra es animata: On Having a Life
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GILBERT MEILAENDER
5
2 The New Eugenics and Feminist Quandaries
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JEAN BETHKE ELSHTAIN
24
3 The Dream of the Human Genome
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RICHARD C. LEWONTIN
41
4 The Matter of Baby M
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CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERT N. WILENTZ
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5 "Surrogate Mothering" and Women's Freedom: A Critique of Contracts for Human Reproduction
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MARY LYNDON SHANLEY
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TWO SUFFERING AND PAIN:
THE BODY BELEAGUERED AND BESIEGED
6 Pain, Suffering, and Death in the ICU
Picture 24
ARTHUR P. WHEELER, M.D.
111
7 Suffering in Chronic Illness
Picture 25
ERIC J. CASSELL, M.D.
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8 A Reflection on Pain and Embodiment
Picture 26
RICHARD M. ZANER
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THREE ORGANS FOR SALE OR RENT: PROGRESS OR PATHOLOGY
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