Bioethics

An Anthology
Herausgegeben:Kuhse, Helga; Schüklenk, Udo; Singer, Peter

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Produktbeschreibung

Now fully revised and updated, Bioethics: An Anthology, 3rd edition, contains a wealth of new material reflecting the latest developments. This definitive text brings together writings on an unparalleled range of key ethical issues, compellingly presented by internationally renowned scholars.* The latest edition of this definitive one-volume collection, now updated to reflect the latest developments in the field* Includes several new additions, including important historical readings and new contemporary material published since the release of the last edition in 2006* Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, neuroethics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, public health, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, genetic screening, and issues facing nurses* Subjects are clearly and captivatingly discussed by globally distinguished bioethicists* A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves

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Produktdetails

• Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A118941500
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 800
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 190mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1329g
• ISBN-13: 9781118941508
• ISBN-10: 1118941500
• Artikelnr.: 43999195

Autorenporträt

Helga Kuhse is Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University. She is the author, co-author or editor of more than 150 professional articles and some 15 books, including The Sanctity-of-Life-Doctrine in Medicine: A Critique (1987), Caring: Nurses, Women and Ethics (1997), Unsanctifying Human Life: Essays on Ethics (2006), and A Companion to Bioethics, 2nd Edition, (2012).Udo Schüklenk holds the Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics and Public Policy at Queen's University at Kingston in Canada. He is a Joint Editor-in-Chief of Bioethics, the journal of the International Association of Bioethics. He is the author, co-author or editor of 160 contributions in journals and anthologies and 7 books including 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists 2009), The Bioethics Reader (2007) and 50 Great Myths About Atheism (2013).Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is th

e author, co-author, or editor of more than 40 books, including Animal Liberation (first published in 1975), widely credited with triggering the modern animal-rights movement, Practical Ethics (third edition, 2011), In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave (2005), and The Life You Can Save (2009). In 2005, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.An Australian, in 2012 he was made a Companion to the Order of Australia, his country's highest civilian honour.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xiiIntroduction 1Part I Abortion 9Introduction 111 Abortion and Health Care Ethics 15John Finnis2 Abortion and Infanticide 23Michael Tooley3 A Defense of Abortion 38Judith Jarvis Thomson4 Why Abortion Is Immoral 49Don MarquisPart II Issues in Reproduction 61Introduction 63Assisted Reproduction 695 Multiple Gestation and Damaged Babies: God's Will or Human Choice? 71Gregory Pence6 Assisted Reproduction in Same Sex Couples 74Dorothy A. Greenfeld and Emre Seli7 Rights, Interests, and Possible People 86Derek Parfit8 The Ethics of Uterus Transplantation 91Ruby Catsanos, Wendy Rogers, and Mianna LotzPrenatal Screening, Sex Selection, and Cloning 1039 Genetics and Reproductive Risk: Can Having Children Be Immoral? 105Laura M. Purdy10 Prenatal Diagnosis and Selective Abortion: A Challenge to Practice and Policy 112Adrienne Asch11 Genetic Technology: A Threat to Deafness 127Ruth Chadwick and Mairi Levitt12 Sex Selection and Preimplantation Genetic DiagnosisThe Ethics Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine 13613 Sex Selection and Preimplantation Diagnosis: A Response to the Ethics Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine 141Julian Savulescu and Edgar Dahl14 Conception to Obtain Hematopoietic Stem Cells 144John A. Robertson, Jeffrey P. Kahn, and John E. Wagner15 Why We Should Not Permit Embryos to Be Selected as Tissue Donors 152David King16 The Moral Status of the Cloning of Humans 156Michael TooleyPart III Genetic Manipulation 173Introduction 17517 Questions about Some Uses of Genetic Engineering 177Jonathan Glover18 The Moral Significance of the Therapy-Enhancement Distinction in Human Genetics 189David B. Resnik19 Should We Undertake Genetic Research on Intelligence? 199Ainsley Newson and Robert Williamson20 In Defense of Posthuman Dignity 208Nick BostromPart IV Life and Death Issues 215Introduction 21721 The Sanctity of Life 225Jonathan Glover22 Declaration on Euthanasia 235Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Killing and Letting Die 24123 The Morality of Killing: A Traditional View 243Germain Grisez and Joseph M. Boyle, Jr.24 Active and Passive Euthanasia 248James Rachels25 Is Killing No Worse Than Letting Die? 252Winston Nesbitt26 Why Killing is Not Always Worse - and Sometimes Better - Than Letting Die 257Helga Kuhse27 Moral Fictions and Medical Ethics 261Franklin G. Miller, Robert D. Truog, and Dan W. BrockSeverely Disabled Newborns 27128 When Care Cannot Cure: Medical Problems in Seriously Ill Babies 273Neil Campbell29 The Abnormal Child: Moral Dilemmas of Doctors and Parents 285R. M. Hare30 Right to Life of Handicapped 290Alison Davis31 Conjoined Twins, Embodied Personhood, and Surgical Separation 292Christine OverallBrain Death 30532 A Definition of Irreversible Coma 307Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School to Examine the Definition of Brain Death33 Are Recent Defences of the Brain Death Concept Adequate? 312Ari Joffe34 Is the Sanctity of Life Ethic Terminally Ill? 321Peter SingerAdvance Directives 33135 Life Past Reason 333Ronald Dworkin36 Dworkin on Dementia: Elegant Theory, Questionable Policy 341Rebecca DresserVoluntary Euthanasia and Medically Assisted Suicide 35137 The Note 353Chris Hill38 When Self?]Determination Runs Amok 357Daniel Callahan39 When Abstract Moralizing Runs Amok 362John Lachs40 Trends in End?]of?]Life Practices Before and After the Enactment of the Euthanasia Law in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2010: A Repeated Cross?]Sectional Survey 366Bregje D. Onwuteaka?]Philipsen, Arianne Brinkman?]Stoppelenburg, Corine Penning, Gwen J. F. de Jong?]Krul, Johannes J. M. van Delden, and Agnes van der Heide41 Euthanasia in the Netherlands: What Lessons for Elsewhere? 377Bernard LoPart V Resource Allocation 381Introduction 38342 Rescuing Lives: Can't We Count? 387Paul T. Menzel43 Should Alcoholics Compete Equally for Liver Transplantation? 390Alvin H. Moss and Mark Siegler44 The Value of Life 397John Harris45 Bubbles under the Wallpaper: Healthcare Rationing and Discrimination 406Nick Beckstead and Toby OrdPart VI Obtaining Organs 413Introduction 41546 Organ Donation and Retrieval: Whose Body Is It Anyway? 417Eike?]Henner W. Kluge47 The Case for Allowing Kidney Sales 421Janet Radcliffe?]Richards, A. S. Daar, R. D. Guttmann, R. Hoffenberg, I. Kennedy, M. Lock, R. A. Sells, N. Tilney, and for the International Forum for Transplant Ethics48 Ethical Issues in the Supply and Demand of Human Kidneys 425Debra Satz49 The Survival Lottery 437John HarrisPart VII Experimentation with Human Participants 443Introduction 445Human Participants 44950 Ethics and Clinical Research 451Henry K. Beecher51 Equipoise and the Ethics of Clinical Research 459Benjamin Freedman52 The Patient and the Public Good 466Samuel Hellman53 Scientific Research Is a Moral Duty 471John Harris54 Participation in Biomedical Research Is an Imperfect Moral Duty: A Response to John Harris 483Sandra Shapshay and Kenneth D. Pimple55 Unethical Trials of Interventions to Reduce Perinatal Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Developing Countries 489Peter Lurie and Sidney M. Wolfe56 We're Trying to Help Our Sickest People, Not Exploit Them 495Danstan Bagenda and Philippa Musoke?]Mudido57 Medical Researchers' Ancillary Clinical Care Responsibilities 497Leah Belsky and Henry S. RichardsonHuman Embryos - Stem Cells 50358 President Discusses Stem Cell Research 505George W. Bush59 Killing Embryos for Stem Cell Research 508Jeff McMahanPart VIII Experimentation with Animals 521Introduction 52360 Duties towards Animals 527Immanuel Kant61 A Utilitarian View 529Jeremy Bentham62 All Animals Are Equal 530Peter Singer63 Vivisection, Morals and Medicine: An Exchange 540R. G. Frey and Sir William PatonPart IX Public Health Issues 551Introduction 55364 Ethics and Infectious Disease 555Michael J. Selgelid65 Rethinking Mandatory HIV Testing during Pregnancy in Areas with High HIV Prevalence Rates: Ethical and Policy Issues 565Udo Schüklenk and Anita Kleinsmidt66 Mandatory HIV Testing in Pregnancy: Is There Ever a Time? 572Russell Armstrong67 XDR?]TB in South Africa: No Time for Denial or Complacency 582Jerome Amir Singh, Ross Upshur, and Nesri PadayatchiPart X Ethical Issues in the Practice of Healthcare 591Introduction 593Confidentiality 59768 Confidentiality in Medicine: A Decrepit Concept 599Mark Siegler69 The Duty to Warn and Clinical Ethics: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Confidentiality and HIV/AIDS 603Christian Säf ken and Andreas FrewerTruth-Telling 61170 On a Supposed Right to Lie from Altruistic Motives 613Immanuel Kant71 Should Doctors Tell the Truth? 615Joseph Collins72 On Telling Patients the Truth 621Roger HiggsInformed Consent and Patient Autonomy 62973 On Liberty 631John Stuart Mill74 From Schloendorff v. NewYork Hospital 634Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo75 Informed Consent: Its History, Meaning, and Present Challenges 635Tom L. Beauchamp76 The Doctor-Patient Relationship in Different Cultures 642Ruth Macklin77 Amputees by Choice 654Carl Elliott78 Rational Desires and the Limitation of Life?]Sustaining Treatment 665Julian Savulescu79 The Nocebo Effect of Informed Consent 683Shlomo CohenPart XI Special Issues Facing Nurses 693Introduction 69580 The Relation of the Nurse to the Doctor and the Doctor to the Nurse 699Sarah E. Dock81 In Defense of the Traditional Nurse 700Lisa H. Newton82 Patient Autonomy and Medical Paternity: Can Nurses Help Doctors to Listen to Patients? 708Sarah Breier83 Health and Human Rights Advocacy: Perspectives from a Rwandan Refugee Camp 718Carol Pavlish, Anita Ho, and Ann?]Marie RounklePart XII Neuroethics 729Introduction 73184 Neuroethics: An Agenda for Neuroscience and Society 733Jonathan D. Moreno85 How Electrical Brain Stimulation Can Change the Way We Think 741Sally Adee86 Neuroethics: Ethics and the Sciences of the Mind 744Neil Levy87 Freedom of Memory Today 749Adam Kolber88 Towards Responsible Use of Cognitive?]Enhancing Drugs by the Healthy 753Henry Greely, Barbara Sahakian, John Harris, Ronald C. Kessler, Michael Gazzaniga, Philip Campbell, and Martha J. Farah89 Engineering Love 760Julian Savulescu and Anders SandbergIndex 762