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dc.contributor.advisorCaton, Hiram
dc.contributor.authorFleming, John Irving
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T02:17:14Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T02:17:14Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/2506
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/365336
dc.description.abstractThis work represents an attempt to see what measure of agreement exists on human values in the face of the radical disagreement in moral philosophy on fundamental human values, and a further attempt to see what would be the implications of these findings for bioethics. The thesis begins with looking firstly at the values that human beings appear to hold in the world community. Attention is paid to the range of human rights declarations, codes and statements of medical ethics, and beliefs of religious traditions. The methodology employed rejects an assessment of these documents in terms of dominant moral philosophies, seeking simply to identify the values held, their ubiquity in history, and the current attachment to those values. Those values are expressed in the twentieth century predominantly in terms of human rights. Chapter I discovers evidence of a consensus gentium on fundamental human values such as the right to life and the right to a reasonable standard of health care.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
dc.subject.keywordsNatural Law
dc.subject.keywordsHuman rights
dc.subject.keywordsBioethics
dc.subject.keywordsRight to life
dc.subject.keywordsRight to healthcare
dc.titleHuman Rights and Natural Law: An Analysis of the Consensus Gentium and its Implications for Bioethics
dc.typeGriffith thesis
gro.facultyArts, Education and Law
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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dc.contributor.otheradvisorOverduin, Daniel
dc.rights.accessRightsPublic
gro.identifier.gurtIDgu1401085136350
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gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (PhD Doctorate)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
gro.departmentSchool of Humanities
gro.griffith.authorFleming, John Irving


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