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Do we need rights in bioethics discourse? (2020)
Journal Article
Sim. (2020). Do we need rights in bioethics discourse?. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 45(3), 312-331. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmp/jhaa004

Moral rights feature prominently, and are relied on substantially, in debates in bioethics. Conceptually, however, duties can perform the logical work of rights, but not vice versa, and reference to rights is therefore inessential. Normatively, right... Read More about Do we need rights in bioethics discourse?.