Bioethics A Philosophical Introduction

Name: Bioethics A Philosophical Introduction
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ISBN: 9780745626185

ISBN-10: 0745626181

ISBN-13: 9780745626185

Edition: 2002

Authors: Stephen Holland

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Stephen Holland guides the reader from the more familiar debates on euthanasia, advance directives and reproductive technologies such as IVF, through to the philosophical implications of developments in genetics such as prenatal genetic therapy, genetic enhancement and human cloning.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 9/10/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Moral Status


Introduction to Part I



Stem Cell Therapy



Xenotransplantation


Part I: Concluding Remarks



Life, Death and Killing


Introduction to Part II



The Value of Life



What is Death?



Killing versus Letting Die


Part II: Concluding Remarks



Personal Identity


Introduction to Part III



Prenatal Genetic Intervention



Advance Directives


Part III: Concluding Remarks



The Normativity of the 'Natural'


Introduction to Part IV



Managing Reproduction



Genetic Enhancement



Human Cloning


Part IV: Concluding Remarks


Concluding Remark: Deontic Constraints on Biomedicine


References


Index