Title
Biomedical Ethics and the Law: A Critical Perspective
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
ISSN
0944-4610
Publisher
Duncker & Humblot
Language
en-US
Abstract
This essay critically reviews the theory of biomedical ethics from a law-and-economics perspective. It suggests that the best direction for society is toward greater reliance on property rights and recognized spheres of autonomy, coupled with freedom of contract within specified limits; and that as a result, the role of the biomedical ethicist should be diminished over time rather than enhanced. I consider applications to the duty of beneficence and commerce in body parts.
Recommended Citation
Keith Hylton,
Biomedical Ethics and the Law: A Critical Perspective
,
in
15
Annual Review of Law and Ethics
611
(2007).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/2098
