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'Corpore sano in mens sana': la dimensión moral de la sangre en la donación de sangre

'Corpore sano in mens sana': the morality of Blood Donation
[journal article]

Casado Neira, David

Abstract

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... view more

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.... view less

Classification
Social Psychology

Free Keywords
Altruism; Blood; Dualism; Embodiment; Morality

Document language
Spanish

Publication Year
2006

Page/Pages
p. 41-55

Journal
Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social (2006) 10

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
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