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This publication deals a bunch of essays released in reminiscence of David Thomasma, one of many major humanists within the box of bioethics through the 20th century. The authors signify many alternative international locations and disciplines during the globe. the quantity bargains with the urgent factor of ways to flooring a common bioethics within the context of the conflicted global of combative cultures and perspectives.
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