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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table Of Contents; 1 The Idea Of Vulnerability; What Is 'vulnerability'?; Examples Of Vulnerability; Senior Citizens; Homelessness; Vulnerable Populations In Research; Vulnerable Countries; Three Dimensions Of Vulnerability; Vulnerability And Bioethics; Challenges To Bioethics; 2 Growing Interest In Vulnerability; Vulnerability In The Scholarly Literature; Expanding Vulnerability; Opposites Of Vulnerability; Security; Resilience; The Use Of Vulnerability In Ethics And Bioethics; The Attractiveness Of Vulnerability Discourse Conclusion3 Vulnerability In The Context Of Health Care And Bioethics; The Birth Certificate Of Vulnerability; The Background Expert Reports; The Cioms Guidelines; The Declaration Of Helsinki; The Universal Declaration On Bioethics And Human Rights; Controversial Dimensions Of Vulnerability; Status; Content; Scope; Implications; An Indispensable Concept For Bioethics; 4 The Bioethical Discourse Of Vulnerability; Vulnerability As Bioethical Notion; Bioethical Framing Of Vulnerability; Prioritizing The Principle Of Autonomy; Neutralizing The Principle Of Justice Diverging Assessments Of Vulnerabilityneed For Vulnerability As Critical Concept; Vulnerability As Heuristic Tool; Conceptual Progress; Basic Types Of Vulnerability; Categorizing Groups And Populations; Implications Of Vulnerability; Reconciling Different Perspectives; 5 We Are All Vulnerable: Philosophical Perspectives On Vulnerability; Pragmatic Approaches Of Vulnerability; Understanding Vulnerability: A Peripheral Approach; Variations On The Same Theme; Vulnerability As Natural Imperfection; Vulnerability As Bodily Corruption; Vulnerability As Experience; Vulnerability As Relatedness Vulnerability As Dependencyvulnerability As Being Hostage; Anthropological Rather Than Ontological Vulnerability; Why Is Anthropological Vulnerability Important For Bioethics?; Universality; Passivity; Positivity; Vulnerability As Ethical Principle;