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Preface | |
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The Basics of Ethical Argument | |
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Introduction | |
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Motivations | |
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Avoiding Bloodshed | |
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Resisting Relativisim | |
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Sidestepping Religion | |
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Clarifying Your Position | |
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Persuasion and Public Policy | |
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Recap: Reasons for Arguing about Ethics | |
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Materials: Theories in Ethics | |
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What Is Ethical Theory? | |
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Deontology | |
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Deontology and Consistency | |
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Deontology and Special Obligations | |
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Deontology and Supererogation | |
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Deontology and Rational Justification | |
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Deontology and Conflicting Duties and Obligations | |
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Deontology and Indifference to Consequences | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Act Utilitarianism | |
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Act Utilitarianism and Benevolence | |
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Act Utilitarianism and Rationality | |
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Act Utilitarianism and Situational Decision-Making | |
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Act Utilitarianism and Predicting the Future | |
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Act Utilitarianism and Incommensurability | |
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Act Utilitarianism and Special Obligations | |
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Act Utilitarianism and Supererogation | |
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Act Utilitarianism and Inconsistency | |
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Act Utilitarianism and Injustice | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Rule Utilitarianism | |
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Some Strengths of Rule Utilitarianism | |
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Some Weaknesses of Rule Utilitarianism | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Rights | |
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Rights and Deontology | |
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Rights and Act Utilitarianism | |
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Rights and Rule Utilitarianism | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Ethical Theories in Combination | |
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Recap: Pluses and Minuses | |
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More Materials: Principles in Ethics | |
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What Is an Ethical Principle? | |
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Beneficence | |
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Respect for Autonomy | |
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Conflicts of Principle | |
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Paternalism | |
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Libertarianism | |
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Justice | |
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Recap: Principles in Outline | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Methods | |
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Rational Argument | |
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The Role of Intuition | |
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The Use of Examples | |
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Argument by Analogy | |
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Slippery-Slope Arguments | |
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The Joys of Compromise | |
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Devil's Advocacy | |
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Recap: On Being Persuasive | |
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The Basic Issues of Bioethics | |
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N.B. Each chapter in Part Two begins with an Introduction and ends with Study Questions and a discussion of Related Cases in Crigger, Cases in Bioethics, Third Edition | |
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Professional Responsibility and the Rights of Patients | |
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Telling the Truth | |
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Knowledge and Autonomy | |
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Dishonesty | |
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Paternalism and Beneficence; Lipkin's Argument, "On Lying to Patients" | |
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Responding to Lipkin | |
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Placebos | |
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Recap: Full Disclosure | |
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Informed Consent | |
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The Importance of Informed Consent | |
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Informing the Patient | |
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The Patient's Consent | |
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Patients Who Cannot Consent | |
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Recap: Getting the Go-ahead | |
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Confidentiality | |
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Modern Complexities: Siegler's Argument, "Confidentiality in Medicine" | |
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Responding to Siegler | |
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Gossip | |
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Harm to Others | |
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Recap: Keeping Secrets | |
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Reproductive Rights and Abortion | |
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Reproductive Rights | |
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Naturalness | |
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Significant Relationships | |
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Recap: The Ethics of New Technologies | |
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Abortion | |
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The Sanctity of Life | |
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The Status of the Fetus | |
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Personhood | |
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Potential Personhood | |
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Opposing Abortion: Marquis's Argument, "Why Abortion is Immoral" | |
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Responding to Marquis | |
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The Interests of the Woman | |
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Defending Abortion: Thompson's Argument, "A Defense of Abortion" | |
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Responding to Thompson | |
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Rape | |
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Failed Contraception | |
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Recap: The Abortion Debate | |
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Death and Dying | |
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What Is Death? | |
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The Official Definition: The Argument of the President's Commission | |
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Responding to the Commission | |
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The Traditional Conception | |
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Recap: Defining Death | |
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Euthanasia | |
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Suicide | |
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Voluntary Euthanasia and Suicide | |
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Nonvoluntary Euthanasia and Murder | |
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Killing and Letting Die: Rachels's Argument | |
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"Active and Passive Euthanasia" | |
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Responding to Rachels | |
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The Doctrine of Double Effect | |
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Living Wills | |
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Recap: Mercy Killing | |
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Research with Living Subjects | |
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Drug Trials | |
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Selecting Human Research Subjects | |
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Harm | |
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Unethical Experiments: Ridley's Argument, "Ill-Gotten Gains" | |
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Responding to Ridley | |
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Animal Research: Regan's Argument, "The Case Against Animal Research" | |
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Responding to Regan | |
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Recap: Sacrifices | |
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Mental Incompetence | |
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The Nature of Mental Incompetence | |
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Incompetent at What? | |
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A Conspiracy Theory: Szasz's Argument | |
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"The Myth of Mental Illness" | |
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Responding to Szasz | |
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Incompetence and Autonomy | |
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Recap: On Counting as Competent | |
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Decisions About Treatment | |
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Treating People Against Their Will: Chodoff's Argument, "The Case for Involuntary Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill" | |
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Responding to Chodoff | |
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Paternalism and Beneficence | |
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Involuntary Sterilization | |
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Recap: Helping the Helpless | |
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Allocation and Health Care Policy | |
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Allocating Scarce Resources | |
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Health and Wealth | |
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Rights | |
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Justice | |
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Utilitarian Justice | |
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Libertarian Justice | |
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Egalitarian Justice | |
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Care According to Need: Nielsen's Argument, "Autonomy, Equality, and a Just Health Care System" | |
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Responding to Nielsen | |
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Recap: Fair Shares | |
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Organ Procurement and Transplantation | |
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The Donor | |
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The Recipient | |
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Organs for Sale | |
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Organ Farming | |
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You Stole My Heart Away | |
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Gene Therapy and Genetic Engineering | |
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Choosing People | |
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Avoiding People: Purdy's Argument, "Genetic Diseases: Can Having Children Be Immoral?" | |
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Responding to Purdy | |
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Curing People: Somatic-Cell Therapy | |
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Changing People: Germ-Line Therapy | |
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Recap: A Better World? | |