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ArticleJournal of bioethical inquiry2017

Are Wrongful Life Actions Threatening the Value of Human Life?

Vera Lúcia Raposo

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Article in Journal of bioethical inquiry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Gene Editing, the Mystic Threat to Human Dignity.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Vera Lúcia RaposoFaculty of Law of Macao University, Macao, China and Faculty of Law of Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal, Room 2043, Faculty of Law, University of Macau, E32, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China. vraposo@umac.mo.

Funding

Universidade de Macau MYRG2015‑00007‑FLL
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most courts around the world have been refusing wrongful life actions. The main argument invoked is that the supposed compensable injury cannot be classified as such, since life is always a blessing no matter how hard and painful it is.In opposition to mainstream scholars and the dominant case law, this article sustains that life must be distinguished from living conditions, the former being the real injury at stake, since some living conditions are so intolerable that in themselves they justify a compensation within wrongful life actions.

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Ethical AnalysisHuman RightsLiability, LegalPersonhoodPersons with DisabilitiesValue of LifeCompensation and RedressDissent and DisputesHumansMalpracticeMoral ObligationsParentsSocial ConditionsWounds and InjuriesWrongful LifeHuman lifeInjuryRight not to be bornRight to be born healthyWrongful life

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PMID28634764

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