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Bioethics: An Introduction

Bioethics: An Introduction

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Providing readers with the confidence needed to debate key issues in bioethics, this introductory text clearly explains bioethical theories and their philosophical foundations. Over 250 activities introduce topics for personal reflection, and discussion points encourage students to think for themselves and build their own arguments. Highlighting the potential pitfalls for those new to bioethics, each chapter features boxes providing factual information and outlining the philosophical background, along with detailed case studies that offer an insight into real-life examples of bioethical problems. Within-chapter essay questions and quizzes, along with end-of-chapter review questions, allow students to check their understanding and to broaden their thinking about the topics discussed. The accompanying podcasts by the author (two of whose podcasts on iTunesU™ have attracted over 3 million downloads) explain points that might be difficult for beginners. These, along with a range of extra resources for students and instructors, are available at www.cambridge.org/bioethics.
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Cambridge University Press
65487
9780521888332
9780521888332

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Publication date
2012
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
478
Dimensions (mm)
194.00 x 253.00
Weight (g)
1180
  • Preface; Using this book; Notes for instructors; Part I. Bioethics and Ethics:: 1. Biotechnology and bioethics:: what its all about; 2. Ethics in general:: ethics, action and freedom; 3. Ethics in the context of society:: ethics, society and the law; 4. Ethical theories:: virtue, duty and happiness; 5. Identifying and evaluating arguments:: logic and morality; 6. General arguments:: unnatural, disgusting, risky, only opinion; Part II. The Beginning and End of Life; Section 1. Cloning:: 7. Therapeutic cloning:: the moral status of embryos; 8. Reproductive cloning:: science and science fiction; Section 2. Reproduction:: 9. Reproductive freedom:: rights, responsibilities and choice; 10. The resources of reproduction:: eggs, sperm and wombs for sale; 11. Screening and embryo selection:: eliminating disorders or people?; Section 3. Ageing and Death:: 12. Ageing and immortality:: the search for longevity; 13. Death and killing:: the quality and value of life; Part III. In the Midst of Life; Section 1. Our Duties to Ourselves:: 14. Human enhancement:: the more the better?; 15. Bio-information:: databases, privacy and the fight against crime; 16. Security and defence:: security sensitivity, publication and warfare; Section 2. Our Duties to Each Other:: 17. Food and energy security:: GM food, biofuel and the media; 18. Bio-ownership:: who owns the stuff of life?; 19. Human justice:: the developed and developing worlds; Section 3. Our Duties to Nature:: 20. Non-human animals:: consciousness, rationality and animal rights; 21. The living and non-living environment:: spaceship Earth; Index.
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