What It Means to Be Human

The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics

O. Carter Snead

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ISBN 9780674987722

Publication Date: 10/13/2020

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Introduction
1. A Genealogy of American Public Bioethics
2. An Anthropological Solution
3. In Cases of Abortion
4. Assisted Reproduction
5. Death and Dying
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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Awards & Accolades

A New York Times “Ten Books to Understand the Abortion Debate in the United States” Selection, 2022

Co-Winner, 2020–2021 Expanded Reason Award for Research, Expanded Reason Institute at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

A First Things Books for Christmas Selection, 2020

A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2020

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