Whose Body is it Anyway?

Fabre, Cecile

ISBN 10: 0199289999 / ISBN 13: 9780199289998

Published by Oxford University Press, 2006

About this Item

Aims to show that, according to the principles of distributive justice, if we lack the right to withhold access to material resources from those who need them, we also lack the right to withhold access to our body from those who need it. This book views that, under some circumstances, we have the right to decide how to use it to raise income. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558. . 2006. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Whose Body is it Anyway?
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199289999
• ISBN 13: 9780199289998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

If there is one thing that is beyond the reach of others, it is our body in particular, and our person in general. Our legal and political tradition is such that we have the right to deny others access to our person and body, even though doing so would harm those who need personal services from us, or body parts. But are these rights as watertight as they seem? Cécile Fabre's controversial and original book teases out the unexplored implications that arguments for distributive justice have for the rights we have over ourselves, by looking at topical issues such as good Samaritanism, organ confiscation, organ sales, prostitution, and surrogate motherhood.

About the Author

Cécile Fabre is at London School of Economics and Political Science.