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Most books on public policy tell you what to think. Future Bioethics gets you to think. Written in a lively style, Future Bioethics engages the reader in an exploration of critical, hot-button controversies, such as legalization of assistance in dying, the purported right of pharmacists to refuse to dispense contraception, the alleged dangers of genetically engineered foods, and the promises and perils of human enhancement technologies. Book jacket.

Ronald A. Lindsay was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and American University, where he taught courses in jurisprudence and philosophy.

Preface	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 15
The Problem and the Cure	p. 19
How to Decide Which Policies to Adopt	p. 29
Common Morality	p. 30
Rules of Reasoning	p. 32
Understanding the Rationale for Our Norms	p. 38
The Use of the Law in Crafting Public Policy	p. 42
Legalizing Physician Assistance in Dying for the Terminally Ill	p. 51
Terminology	p. 53
The Importance of Assistance in Dying for the Terminally Ill	p. 55
The Experience in Oregon: Individual Choice and Effective Prevention of Abuse	p. 64
Mistaken Diagnoses	p. 68
Risks of Abuse	p. 70
Opposition to Assistance in Dying Based on the Sanctity of Life	p. 78
Confusion about Causation and Intention	p. 79
Why Do We Prohibit Killing?	p. 85
The Best Argument for the Sanctity-of-Life Principle	p. 90
The Argument against Legalization Based on Disparate Impact	p. 99
Dopes and Slopes	p. 108
My Choices-Your Conscience?	p. 131
Norms and Facts Relating to Conscientious Objection	p. 134
Conscientious Objection by Healthcare Workers	p. 138
Conscientious Objection by Employees in Other Occupations	p. 145
Conscientious Objection by Institutions	p. 147
Food Fears versus Food Facts-The Need for Appropriate Risk Assessment	p. 153
A Fact-Rich Diet	p. 154
Appropriate Risk Assessment	p. 165
Dessert	p. 180
"How Horrible! You've Become More Intelligent!"-Is Self-Improvement Wrong?	p. 187
Moral and Factual Background	p. 195
What Is Wrong with Trying to Alter the World and Improve One's Life?	p. 198
A Quick Review of Some Additional Objections to Enhancements	p. 205
Enhancements and Justice	p. 213
Saving Embryos for the Trash-Our Illogical Policies on Embryonic Stem Cell Research	p. 227
Chronology of the Embryonic Stem Cell Funding Dispute	p. 228
Scientific Background for Stem Cell Research	p. 232
Moral and Factual Premises for Resolving the Dispute over Federal Funding	p. 239
The Position That Embryos Are Entitled to the Same Rights as Human Persons	p. 241
The Early Embryo Is Not an Individual	p. 243
The "Potential" of the Embryo Does Not Make It a Human Person	p. 246
The Unacceptable Consequences of the View That the Embryo Is a Human Person	p. 248
The Failure to Provide an Adequate Theory of Moral Status	p. 250
Conclusion: A Reasonable Policy on Stem Cell Research	p. 253
Concluding Obseruations-And an Outline of a Theory of Moral Status	p. 261
Bibliography	p. 277
Index	p. 293
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