<em>'Corpore sano in mens sana'</em>. The Morality of Blood Donation
Modern conceptions of health separate body from soul in the familiar Cartesian dualism. In blood donation this separation is easy to identify: embodiment is a civilizing process, and altruism is the moral basis that supports it. The donor is treated as essentially a vessel of blood, a mere container...
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doaj-270fb1c649c34c3b9fb806b9e08b40602020-11-24T23:53:30ZcatUniversitat Autonoma de BarcelonaAthenea Digital1578-89461578-89462006-11-01104155<em>'Corpore sano in mens sana'</em>. The Morality of Blood DonationCasado Neira, DavidModern conceptions of health separate body from soul in the familiar Cartesian dualism. In blood donation this separation is easy to identify: embodiment is a civilizing process, and altruism is the moral basis that supports it. The donor is treated as essentially a vessel of blood, a mere container which can be directed to discharge its contents into blood banks. The biomedical use of blood is not morally neutral; indeed, the donor's moral conscience is mobilised in order to get them to donate blood as a gift, or offering. By associating donors' altruism with their bodies' physical nature as a container from which blood can be extracted, altruism is treated as a physiological phenomenon.http://antalya.uab.es/athenea/num10/casado.pdfBlood donationDonorBiomedicineEmbodimentAltruism |
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<em>'Corpore sano in mens sana'</em>. The Morality of Blood Donation |
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<em>'Corpore sano in mens sana'</em>. The Morality of Blood Donation |
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<em>'corpore sano in mens sana'</em>. the morality of blood donation |
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Athenea Digital |
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Modern conceptions of health separate body from soul in the familiar Cartesian dualism. In blood donation this separation is easy to identify: embodiment is a civilizing process, and altruism is the moral basis that supports it. The donor is treated as essentially a vessel of blood, a mere container which can be directed to discharge its contents into blood banks. The biomedical use of blood is not morally neutral; indeed, the donor's moral conscience is mobilised in order to get them to donate blood as a gift, or offering. By associating donors' altruism with their bodies' physical nature as a container from which blood can be extracted, altruism is treated as a physiological phenomenon. |
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