From Reason to Practice in Bioethics

An Anthology Dedicated to the Works of John Harris
Herausgeber: Coggon, John; Kushner, Thomasine; Holm, Søren; Chan, Sarah

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Produktbeschreibung

No area of practical philosophy receives stronger or more sustained attention than bioethics. It has been established as a staple course on university curricula across the world, influences the practice of professions within and beyond health care, and increasingly features in the public consciousness. Focused on and around the works of John Harris, this book addresses the most debated issues in contemporary bioethics. This anthology gathers together original works from some of bioethics' most celebrated scholars, such as Margaret Brazier, Raanan Gillon, Jonathan Glover and Ruth Macklin, as well as John Harris himself, offering his own reflections on the field of bioethics, to which he has contributed so much. The book examines theoretical issues in philosophical bioethics, and practical issues and problems in the application of philosophical argument. It closes with a chapter by Professor Harris in which he responds critically to the book's contributors. Whilst challenging, the chapters in this volume are accessible to a broad international readership, and will provide fundamental insights into the nature and limitations of ethical argument. The book will serve as an excellent resource for students, scholars and practitioners interested in bioethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780719096235
• ISBN-10: 0719096235
• Artikelnr.: 42461908

Autorenporträt

John Coggon is Professor of Law and the Philosophy of Public Health at the University of Southampton Sarah Chan is Deputy Director of iSEI & Research Fellow in Bioethics and Law at the University of Manchester Søren Holm is Professor of Bioethics at University of Manchester Thomasine Kushner is the Editor of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Economics

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introductions 1. Editors' introduction
John Coggon, Sarah Chan, Søren Holm, and Thomasine Kushner 2. Thought and memory
John Harris Part II: Grounding moral arguments 3. On moral nose
Jonathan Glover 4. Hanging around with Jackson: consistency in ethical argument, and how to avoid it
Richard Ashcroft 5. The unbearable desire for explicitness and rationality in bioethics
Michael Parker and Micaela Ghisleni 6. Moral epistemology and the survival lottery
Torbjörn Tännsjö 7. Harris and the criticism of the status quo
Florencia Luna 8. The natural as a moral category
Harry Lesser 9. Making sense of human dignity
Deryck Beyleveld 10. Why we should save the anthropocentric person
Simon Woods Part III: From ethics to policy and practice 11. Why the reasonable man is not always right?
Margaret Brazier 12. Why the body matters: reflections on John Harris's account of organ procurement
Alastair V. Campbell 13. Harris's principle of justice in health care
Ruth Macklin 14. Equality revisited
Andrew Edgar 15. The safety of the people and the case against invasive health promotion
Andreas Hasman 16. Could we reduce racism with one easy dip? What a thought
experiment about race
colour change makes us see
Margaret P. Battin 17. Against mumps, Meursault, McDonald's and Marlboro: On the immunization of children against smoking, alcohol and drugs
Inez de Beaufort 18. Killing and allowing to die
Raanan Gillon Part IV: John Harris responds 19. Response to and reflections on chapters 3
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John Harris Bibliography Index