A Companion to Bioethics

This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.* Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teaching* Now includes new essays on currently controversial topics such as cloning and genetic enhancement* Topics are clearly and compellingly presented by internationally renowned bioethicists* A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves

ISBN 1405163313   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781405163316 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1314 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chicester Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Series ISSN 28 Format Hardback   Series title Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Publication date 02 Oct 2009   Previous ISBN 9780631230199 Library of Congress 2009007422   Height (mm) 255 DEWEY 174.957   Width (mm) 179 DEWEY edition DC22   Spine width (mm) 42 Pages 640   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

Pt. I		Introduction
1		What Is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction by Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer
Pt. II		Questions About Bioethics
2		Ethical Theory and Bioethics by James Rachels (Deceased)
3		Culture and Bioethics by Segun Gbadegesin
4		Gender and Bioethics by Jan Crosthwaite
5		Religion and Bioethics by Eric Gregory
6		Law and Bioethics by Wibren van der Burg
Pt. III		Ethical Approaches
7		A Principle-based Approach by James F. Childress
8		Exceptionless Rule Approaches by Joseph Boyle
9		A Utilitarian Approach by R. M. Hare (Deceased)
10		A Virtue Ethics Approach by Justin Oakley
11		A Care Approach by Rita C. Manning
12		A Case Approach by John D. Arras
Pt. IV		Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses
13		Personhood by Michael Tooley
14		Abortion by Mary Anne Warren
15		Mother Fetus Conflict by Bonnie Steinbock
Pt. V		Issues In Reproduction
16		Population by Margaret Pabst Battin
17		Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex Selection by Laura M. Purdy
18		Cloning by Gregory Pence
Pt. VI		The New Genetics
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"The contributors are all experts in the field, and this shows in the quality and breadth of information provided... the Companion is still the best secondary source in navigating the complex and ever-evolving field of bioethics." (Metapsychology, December 2010) "The second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, edited by ethicists Singer (Princeton) and Kuhse (Monash Univ., Australia), should be... a standard one-volume reference work in the field of bioethics. The book's helpful summary of the field's major debates makes it especially helpful for smaller collections that do not procure many of the increasingly specialized monographs on narrow bioethical issues. The book also features a wide range of authors-- from such established scholars as James Childress and the late R. M. Hare to new voices in the field, such as Eric Gregory, who contributes an essay titled "Religion and Bioethics." The essays in the collection are accessible to many levels of readers; those unfamiliar with these debates will find the essays helpful introductions, and specialists will find new readings of classic works or new perspectives on old debates. This important, comprehensive, and superbly edited reference work will prove useful to students and scholars at all levels and a worthwhile addition to all collections." (CHOICE, July 2010) "The reader or student who is interested in bioethics and wants to get a picture about the main questions on this subject will find excellent answers in this exquisite publication edited by Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. The goal of the editors was to give as complete a picture as possible, choosing very carefully from the theme of bioethics; they succeeded in their goal. This success was achieved because the authors of the book are acknowledged and respected scientists and teachers of bioethics, and they used their experience to give the reader an insight into their subject material." (Nursing Ethics) "Although the growth of bioethical discussion and practice has been huge in the last decades, the contents of the book provide a good introduction to the whole of the discipline, from discussions about the relationship between bioethics and law, culture, gender, or religion, to a survey of the different approaches available in ethical theory…. Together with an useful index and directory, and its accompanying volume of classical texts Bioethics: An Anthology, … this book provides an ideal basis for course and committee use in this field, and will be of interest to doctors, therapists, lawyers, journalists, and philosophers alike. Not to forget, of course, patients -- a group we all are likely to join at one time or another." (MentalHelp.net)

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