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9780199562411

The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics

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    9780199562411

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  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-04-15
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Thirty-four contributors reflect the interdisciplinarity that is characteristic of bioethics, and its increasingly international character. Thirty topics are covered in original essays written by some of the world's leading figures in the field, as well as by some newer 'up-and-comers'. The essays address both perennial issues, such as the methodology of bioethics, autonomy, justice, death, and moral status, and newer issues, such as biobanking, stem cell research, cloning, pharmacogenomics, and bioterrorism. Other topics concern mental illness and moral agency, the rule of double effect, justice and the elderly, the definition of death, organ transplantation, feminist approaches to commodification of the body, life extension, advance directives, physician-assisted death, abortion, genetic research, population screening, enhancement, research ethics, and the implications of public and global health for bioethics. Anyone who wants to know how the central debates in bioethics have developed in recent years, and where the debates are going, will want to consult this book. It will be an invaluable resource not only for scholars and graduate students in bioethics, but also for those in philosophy, medicine, law, theology, social science, public policy, and public health who wish to keep abreast of developments in bioethics.

Author Biography


Bonnie Steinbock is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Albany, State University of New York. Her specialization is biomedical ethics, particularly reproduction and genetics.

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributorsp. xiii
Introductionp. 1
Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Methods in Bioethicsp. 15
The Way We Reason Now: Reflective Equilibrium in Bioethicsp. 46
Autonomyp. 72
Mental Disorder, Moral Agency, and the Selfp. 90
'Reinventing' the Rule of Double Effectp. 114
Justice and Policy
Policy-Making in Pluralistic Societiesp. 153
Tiers Without Tears: The Ethics of a Two-Tier Health Care Systemp. 175
Justice and the Elderlyp. 190
Bodies and Bodily Parts
Organ Transplantationp. 211
Biobankingp. 240
For Dignity or Money: Feminists on the Commodification of Women's Reproductive Labourp. 258
The End of Life
The Definition of Deathp. 285
The Aging Society and the Expansion of Senility: Biotechnological and Treatment Goalsp. 304
Death Is a Punch in the Jaw: Life-Extension and its Discontentsp. 324
Precedent Autonomy, Advance Directives, and End-of-Life Carep. 349
Physician-Assisted Death: The State of the Debatep. 375
Reproduction and Cloning
Abortion Revisitedp. 395
Moral Status, Moral Value, and Human Embryos: Implications for Stem Cell Researchp. 416
Therapeutic Cloning: Politics and Policyp. 441
Genetics and Enhancement
Population Genetic Research and Screening: Conceptual and Ethical Issuesp. 471
Enhancementp. 491
Genetic Interventions and the Ethics of Enhancement of Human Beingsp. 516
Pharmacogenomics: Ethical and Regulatory Issuesp. 536
Research Ethics
Clinical Equipoise: Foundational Requirement or Fundamental Error?p. 571
Research on Cognitively Impaired Adultsp. 597
Research in Developing Countriesp. 621
Animal Experimentationp. 648
Public and Global Health
The Implications of Public Health for Bioethicsp. 671
Global Healthp. 696
Bioethics and Bioterrorismp. 721
Indexp. 735
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