Human Dignity and Bioethics

Contents
Letter of Transmittal to The President of The United States. ....xi
Members of The President’s Council on Bioethics ............xi
Council Staff .......................................xvii
Acknowledgements .................................. xix
Introduction
1 Bioethics and the Question of Human Dignity
Adam Schulman ...................................3
2 Human Dignity and Respect for Persons: A Historical
Perspective on Public Bioethics
F. Daniel Davis ...................................19
Part I. Dignity and Modern Science
3 How to Protect Human Dignity from Science
Daniel C. Dennett ................................39
4 Human Dignity and the Mystery of the Human Soul
Robert P. Kraynak .................................61
Commentary on Kraynak
Daniel C. Dennett ..........................83
Commentary on Dennett
Robert P. Kraynak ...........................89
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