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On the Problematic Dimensions of Bioethics and the Pre-Conditions of Natural Right

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Leonard R. Sorenson*
Affiliation:
Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609
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1. Of these see especiallyEngelhart, , 1986; Gould, , 1977; Kass, , 1985; Kitcher, , 1985; Masters, , 1975, 1978, 1986; andWilson, , 1979.Google Scholar

2. One must add that the truth and consequences of nihilism have also penetrated the very disciplines from which we, traditionally, sought guidance on such issues, as shown in a recent best-selling book byBloom, , The Closing of the American Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987.Google Scholar

3. I owe this quote or paraphrase to the excellent memory of my wife, Sorenson, Georgine E.Google Scholar