Bioethics

"Bioethics in a Cultural Context - Philosophy, Religion, History, Politics" presents a unique, philosophical approach to modern bioethics. Rather than simply setting up debates about contemporary issues, this book helps students understand that many of today's bioethical controversies are tied to profound underlying questions fundamental as: 'When does life begin and end?' 'What is a human being or person?' 'What is life's purpose?' And 'what is the ideal society?' This text is comprehensive and accessible, featuring a wide range of content that is crisply presented and clearly explained. A multitude of interesting examples and cases provides ample opportunity for discussion, debate, and research.

ISBN 0495814083   Pages 464 ISBN13 9780495814085 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 680 Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc   Published in Belmont, CA Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc   Series title Cengage Advantage Books Format Paperback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 31 Jan 2011   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 174.957   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education

INTRODUCTION: BIOETHICS, SCHIAVO, AND CULTURAL POLITICS BIOETHICS ETHICS. Normative Ethics. Metaethics. MAKING SENSE OF MORAL CONFLICT. Issues. Adversaries. ABOUT THIS BOOK CASES AND CONTROVERSIES. Reproductive Flashpoints. Refusal Legislation. Canada's Terri Sciavo. REFERENCES. Part I: SACRED AND SECULAR FOUNDATIONS. INTRODUCTION: TWO ENDURING TRADITIONS. 1. Medieval Religion and Enlightenment Science Welcome to "Technopia" the Medieval Church Augustine and Aquinas the Authority of the Bible. THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF CREATION. Human Nature. The Relationship and the Covenant. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL. The Augustinian Theodicy. THE DOCTRINES OF THE FALL AND DEPRAVITY MORAL FAILURE AND ILLNESS. Bi-level Conception of Sin. MEDICINE AND THE SUPERNATURAL. Illness as Salvific. ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW. ENLIGHTENMENT SCIENCE. SCIENTIFIC METHOD. Rene Descartes. The Emergent Scientific Medicine. MECHANISM. IMPLICATIONS FOR RELIGION. Deism. Anthropic Mechanism. Personhood as Consciousness. The Problem of Evil. CONCLUSIONS. CASES AND CONTROVERSIES. What Doctors Think about Religion and Health. Faith Flags: Office Proselytizing. Criticism of Science and Its Method. The Life and Death of Jane Tomlinson. REFERENCES. 2. Religious and Secular Ethics. DIVINE COMMAND THEORY. Scriptural Basis. Natural Law. The Doctrine of Double Effect. SECULAR NATURAL LAW. John Locke. Legal and Moral Rights. Social Contract Theory. KANT'S THOUGHT AND ETHICS. Philosophy's "Copernican Revolution." God, Morality, and the Problem of Evil. Moral Choice. The Categorical Imperative. Social Interests. Moral Rights. UTILITARIANISM. Utility Principle. Moral Rights and The Harm Principle. Social Interests. Preference Satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS. CASES AND CONTROVERSIES. The Jodie and Mary Twin Tragedy. Life vs. Law. Crossing the Border To Sell Blood. Is Vaccinating Part of the Social Contract? REFERENCES. Part II: ORIGINS AND CONTEXT OF BIOETHICS. INTRODUCTION: TRIUMPH OF SECULARISM. 3. The Birth of Bioethics. THE EMERGENT PATIENT CONSCIOUSNESS. THE NEW FRONTIER OF MEDICINE. Advances in Reproductive Technologies. New Technology and Treatments. Scientific Research. COURT DECISIONS. Law at the Beginning of Life. Law at the End of Life. THE PIONEERS. The Theologians. The Philosophers. Points of Difference. COMMON GROUND. Utility and Autonomy. Faith in Rationality. A National Religious Identity. THE "JEFFERSONIAN COMPROMISE." CONCLUSIONS. CASES AND CONTROVERSIES. The Tuskegee Study. The Death of Karen Ann Quinlan. Surrogate Mother Elizabeth Kane. REFERENCES. 4. The Basic Principles of Bioethics. HIPPOCRATIC PATERNALISM. THE BELMONT PRINCIPLES. AUTONOMY. Religious and Secular Appeal. Implied Moral Requirements: Freedom and Protection. Moral Limits. NONMALEFICENCE. BENEFICENCE. JUSTICE. CONCLUSIONS. CASES AND CONTROVERSIES. Drugs, Devices, and Disclosure. Medical Workers Involved in C.I.A. Interrogations. The Steven Jobs Liver Transplant. REFERENCES. 5. Applications. A PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS. TRUTHTELLING. INFORMED CONSENT. Deliberation. Voluntariness. Kinds of Informed Consent. PARTICIPATION IN MEDICAL RESEARCH. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES. PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. DNA: The Genetic Fingerprint. CONCLUSIONS. CASES AND CONTROVERSIES. The Merenstein Case of Informed Consent. Jaffee v. Redmond (1996): Safeguarding Patient Communication. Jesse Gelsinger: The First Gene Therapy Death. REFERENCES. 6. Beyond Principilism I: Patient Autonomy under Attack FEELING BETRAYED BY PRINCIPILISM. AUTONOMY AS IMPOVERISHING BIOETHICS. AUTONOMY AS DISALLOWING CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION. AUTONOMY AS OVERRIDING PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT. SUGGESTED OFF-SETTING PRINCIPLES. The Ecological Principle. The Vital Institution Principle. The Theonomy Principle. The Participated Theonomy Principle. CASES AND CONTROVERSIES. When Plan B Doesn't Work. Guarded about Gardasil. Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group. REFERENCES. 7. Beyond Principilism II: Alternative Perspectives. THEORY OF VIRTUE. FEMINIST ET

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