Bioethics
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Bioethics
（Oxford readings in philosophy）
Oxford University Press, 2001
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Bibliography: p. [534]-547
Includes index
Contents of Works
- A defence of abortion / Judith Jarvis Thompson
- Killing and letting die / Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer
- Abortion : identity and loss / Warren Quinn
- Terminating life-sustaining treatment of the demented / Daniel Callahan
- Which way down the slippery slope? Nazi medical killing and euthanaisa today / Ruth Macklin
- Advance directives and the personal identity problem / Allen Buchanan
- What is sacred? / Ronald Dworkin
- Taking and saving lives / Eric Rakowski
- The survival lottery / John Harris
- Health-care needs and distributive justice / Norman Daniels
- Equality or priority? / Derek Parfit
- Quality of life measures in health care and medical ethics / Dan Brock
- Future people, disability and screening / Jonathan Glover
- Wrongful life : paradoxes in the morality of causing people to exist / Jeff McMahan
- Principalism and its alleged competitors / T.L.Beauchamp
- Not just autonomy : the principles of American biomedical ethics / Søren Holm
- Telling the truth, confidentiality, consent and respect for autonomy / Raanan Gillon
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Oxford Readings in Philosophy series brings together important recent writing in major areas of philosophical enquiry, selected from a variety of sources which may not be conveniently available to the university student or general reader.
In this volume, John Harris presents the examples of the very best philosophical writing in bioethics from an internationally renowned list of contributors; authors featured include Peter Singer, Helga Kuhse, Tom Beauchamp, Ruth Macklin, and Ronald Dworkin. The book begins with a substantial overview by John Harris, looking at the evolution and nature of bioethics, contemporary debates, and introduces each of the pieces included, setting them in their academic context.
Organized thematically, the volume covers the beginnings of life, end of life, value of life, quality of life, future generations, and professional ethics. It is a wide-ranging volume that covers the broad spectrum of the major topics in bioethics, and its clear and accessible approach makes it essential reading for all students of bioethics.
Table of Contents
- BEGINNINGS OF LIFE
- END OF LIFE
- THE VALUE OF LIFE
- ALLOCATION OF SCARCE RESOURCES AND QUALITY OF LIFE
- FUTURE GENERATIONS
- PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
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