Read complete books and articles on: Bioethics

Bioethics - in philosophy, a branch of ethics concerned with issues surrounding health care and the biological sciences. These issues include the morality of abortion, euthanasia, in vitro fertilization, and organ transplants (see transplantation, medical). In the 1970s bioethics emerged as a discipline with its own experts, often professional philosophers, who developed university courses

15 of the Best Books and Articles on: Bioethics

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Bioethics: The Ethics of Evolution and Genetic Interference » Read Now
by H. F. Matare. 150 pgs.

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Arguing that human evolution has come to a stand-still, this book sets out to explore the evolutionary steps that have defined life on this planet. It describes the stages from cosmic to chemical and biological evolution and to the development of civilization and culture. From this scientific...
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Arguing that human evolution has come to a stand-still, this book sets out to explore the evolutionary steps that have defined life on this planet. It describes the stages from cosmic to chemical and biological evolution and to the development of civilization and culture. From this scientific approach, the author concludes that new rules of ethics are required in order to maintain and improve the civilization and culture of humanity. Matare argues for corrective genetic interference and explores the moral implications.
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Bioethics as Practice » Read Now
by Judith Andre. 253 pgs.

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Writing as a participant in the bioethics field, Andre offers a model to unify its diversity. Using the term "bioethics" broadly, to include all the medical humanities, she articulates ideals for the field, identifies its temptations and moral pitfalls, and argues for the central importance of certain virtues.
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Life, Death, Genes, and Ethics: Biotechnology and Bioethics » Read Now
by Max Charlesworth. 145 pgs.

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...has been doing research in the area of bioethics--the study of the moral and social implications...GENES AND ETHICS: Biotechnology and Bioethics Max Charlesworth Published...
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Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective » Read Now
by Megan-Jane Johnstone. 535 pgs.

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This classic work has been instrumental in establishing nursing ethics as a legitimate and discrete field of inquiry and practice. BIOETHICS, A NURSING PERSPECTIVE, 3RD EDITION provides nurses with a text that covers the history and nature of mainstream bioethics and its relationship to nursing. It...
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This classic work has been instrumental in establishing nursing ethics as a legitimate and discrete field of inquiry and practice. BIOETHICS, A NURSING PERSPECTIVE, 3RD EDITION provides nurses with a text that covers the history and nature of mainstream bioethics and its relationship to nursing. It also stimulates critical thinking on bioethical issues as these relate to the real world of the practising nurse.
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Bioethics: A "New" Prudence for an Emergent Paradigm?, in Argumentation and Advocacy » Read Now
by Sharon L. Bracci. 18 pgs.

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...Bioethics: A "New" prudence for an emergent paradigm? by...practical reasoning principles. (1) This attention to bioethics intersects argumentation scholars long-standing...
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The Ethics of Human Cloning » Read Now
by Leon R. Kass, James Q. Wilson. 101 pgs.

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This accessible volume promises to inform the public policy debate over the permissible conduct of genetic research and the permissible uses of its discoveries.
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Ethical Issues in Human Cloning: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives » Read Now
by Michael C. Brannigan. 244 pgs.

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A refreshingly comprehensive & balanced overview of the complex arguments, for & against, human cloning. This timely anthology offers a range of expert opinion, from scientific, religious (western & non-western), philosophical & legal points of view on all the major ethical issues surrounding this...
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A refreshingly comprehensive & balanced overview of the complex arguments, for & against, human cloning. This timely anthology offers a range of expert opinion, from scientific, religious (western & non-western), philosophical & legal points of view on all the major ethical issues surrounding this controversial subject. Readable, concise & highly engaging, readers will acquire a broader & deeper understanding of both sides of the issues.
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Human Engineering: Marvel or Menace? » Read Now
by John Langone. 160 pgs.

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...HUMAN ENGINEERING Marvel or Menace? -ii- HUMAN ENGINEERING Marvel or Menace? JOHN LANGONE Boston Little, Brown and Company Toronto COPYRIGHT 1978 by...
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Human Life and Health Care Ethics » Read Now
by James Bopp, Jr. 322 pgs.

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...HUMAN LIFE AND HEALTH CARE ETHICS HUMAN LIFE AND HEALTH CARE ETHICS Edited by James Bopp Jr., J.D. Volume Two of the Horatio R. Storer Series in Ethics, Law...
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The Life and Death Debate: Moral Issues of Our Time » Read Now
by J. P. Moreland, Norman L. Geisler. 174 pgs.

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...This work is an introductory treatment of issues and options in social and bioethics which center on the end of life. The purpose of Moreland and Geisler's book is to offer...
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Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics » Read Now
by Onora O'Neill. 213 pgs.

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Onora O'Neill suggests that the conceptions of individual autonomy (so widely relied on in bioethics) are philosophically and ethically inadequate; they undermine rather than support relationships based on trust. Her arguments are illustrated with issues raised by such practices as the use of...
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Onora O'Neill suggests that the conceptions of individual autonomy (so widely relied on in bioethics) are philosophically and ethically inadequate; they undermine rather than support relationships based on trust. Her arguments are illustrated with issues raised by such practices as the use of genetic information by the police, research using human tissues, new reproductive technologies, and media practices for reporting on medicine, science and technology. The study appeals to a wide range of readers in ethics, bioethics and related disciplines.
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Bioethics in a Liberal Society » Read Now
by Max Charlesworth. 172 pgs.

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This readable and balanced book is an original discussion of contemporary issues in bioethics. Max Charlesworth argues that as there can be no public consensus on a set of core values--liberal societies accept a variety of religious, nonreligious, political and moral stances, there should be a...
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This readable and balanced book is an original discussion of contemporary issues in bioethics. Max Charlesworth argues that as there can be no public consensus on a set of core values--liberal societies accept a variety of religious, nonreligious, political and moral stances, there should be a plurality of ethical stances as well. On this basis he discusses issues such as the ending of human life, new reproductive technologies and the ethical distribution of limited healthcare resources, particularly hospital care.
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Feminist Approaches to Bioethics: Theoretical Reflections and Practical Applications » Read Now
by Rosemarie Tong. 280 pgs.

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No other group of medical issues affects the genders as differently as those related to procreation. In this book, Tong offers an approach to feminist bioethics designed to guide the various factions towards a consensus.
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From Clinic to Classroom: Medical Ethics and Moral Education » Read Now
by Howard B. Radest. 199 pgs.

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The current development of biomedical ethics is a source of radical critique not only in the clinic, but also in the classroom. This volume argues that today's moral education is too abstract to be effective and would benefit from the adoption of the practical approach which is typical of biomedical...
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The current development of biomedical ethics is a source of radical critique not only in the clinic, but also in the classroom. This volume argues that today's moral education is too abstract to be effective and would benefit from the adoption of the practical approach which is typical of biomedical ethics--"thinking with cases." In presenting this approach, Radest explores various issues of moral epistemology and advocates the urgency of realism and decision in ethics. The use of a rich and complex literature drawn from biomedical ethics, pedagogy, and philosophy serves to stimulate the reader to think through the moral complexity and ambivalence of modern experience.
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Clinical Ethics: An Invitation to Healing Professionals » Read Now
by William dePender, Wanda Ikeda-Chandlere. 142 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...This unique volume explores what ethics has to offer the practicing physician, nurse, and allied health care worker. The authors introduce the basic vocabulary of ethics...