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The structure of moral action : a hermeneutic study of moral conflict
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ISBN: 3805539991 Year: 1985 Volume: vol 13 Publisher: Basel Paris Tokyo Karger

Foundations of morality, human rights, and the human sciences : phenomenology in a foundational dialogue with the human sciences
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ISBN: 9027714533 9400969775 9400969759 9789027714534 Year: 1983 Volume: 15 Publisher: Dordrecht Reidel

Morality as a biological phenomenon : report of the Dahlem Workshop on biology and morals, Berlin 1977, November 28 to December 2
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ISBN: 3820012117 3527120130 Year: 1978 Publisher: Weinheim Berlin Verl. Chemie Abakon

Moral strangers, moral acquaintance, and moral friends
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ISBN: 0585092346 9780585092348 0791431312 0791431320 1438411154 9781438411156 Year: 1997 Publisher: Albany, N.Y. State University of New York Press

Creation and abortion : a study in moral and legal philosophy
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ISBN: 0195072847 0195072839 9780195072846 9780195072839 Year: 1992 Publisher: New York Oxford Oxford University Press


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Matter, morals and medicine : the ancient Greek origins of science, ethics and the medical profession
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ISBN: 0820414328 9780820414324 Year: 1991 Volume: 110 Publisher: Bern Lang

The private science of Louis Pasteur
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ISBN: 0691034427 1306984459 0691604975 0691633975 069101552X 1400864089 9781400864089 9780691034423 9780691604978 Year: 1995 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey

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In The Private Science of Louis Pasteur, Gerald Geison has written a controversial biography that finally penetrates the secrecy that has surrounded much of this legendary scientist's laboratory work. Geison uses Pasteur's laboratory notebooks, made available only recently, and his published papers to present a rich and full account of some of the most famous episodes in the history of science and their darker sides--for example, Pasteur's rush to develop the rabies vaccine and the human risks his haste entailed. The discrepancies between the public record and the "private science" of Louis Pasteur tell us as much about the man as they do about the highly competitive and political world he learned to master. Although experimental ingenuity served Pasteur well, he also owed much of his success to the polemical virtuosity and political savvy that won him unprecedented financial support from the French state during the late nineteenth century. But a close look at his greatest achievements raises ethical issues. In the case of Pasteur's widely publicized anthrax vaccine, Geison reveals its initial defects and how Pasteur, in order to avoid embarrassment, secretly incorporated a rival colleague's findings to make his version of the vaccine work. Pasteur's premature decision to apply his rabies treatment to his first animal-bite victims raises even deeper questions and must be understood not only in terms of the ethics of human experimentation and scientific method, but also in light of Pasteur's shift from a biological theory of immunity to a chemical theory--similar to ones he had often disparaged when advanced by his competitors. Through his vivid reconstruction of the professional rivalries as well as the national adulation that surrounded Pasteur, Geison places him in his wider cultural context. In giving Pasteur the close scrutiny his fame and achievements deserve, Geison's book offers compelling reading for anyone interested in the social and ethical dimensions of science. Originally published in 1995.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The moral sense in the communal significance of life : investigations in phenomenological praxeology : psychiatric therapeutics, medical ethics and social praxis within the Life- and Communal World
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ISBN: 9027720851 9789027720856 Year: 1986 Volume: 20 Publisher: Dordrecht Reidel


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Éthique et délinquance : la délinquance comme gestion de sa vie
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ISBN: 2880490464 2865632520 9782865632527 9782880490461 Year: 1989 Publisher: Genève Médecine et hygiène

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