Principles of Biomedical Ethics

Name: Principles of Biomedical Ethics
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ISBN: 9780195143324

ISBN-10: 0195143329

ISBN-13: 9780195143324

Edition: 5th 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Tom L. Beauchamp, James F. Childress

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This edition represents a thorough-going revision of what has become a classic text in biomedical ethics. Major structural changes mark the revision. The authors have added a new concluding chapter on methods that, along with its companion chapter on moral theory, emphasizes convergence across theories, coherence in moral justification, and the common morality. They have simplified the opening chapter on moral norms which introduces the framework of prima facie moral principles and ways to specify and balance them. Together with the shift of advanced material on theory to the back of the book, this heavily revised introductory chapter will make it easier for the wide range of students…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 8.90" wide x 5.79" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.088
Language: English

James F. Childress is the John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics at the University of Virginia.




Moral Norms



Moral Character



Respect for Autonomy



Nonmaleficience



Beneficence



Justice



Professional-Patient Relationships



Moral Theories



Method and Moral Justification