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Viser: Bioethics - An Introduction
Bioethics
An Introduction
Marianne Talbot
(2012)
Sprog: Engelsk
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- Paperback: 476 sider
- Udgiver: Cambridge University Press (Maj 2012)
- ISBN: 9780521714594
Part I. Bioethics and Ethics:
1. Biotechnology and bioethics: what it's all about;
2. Ethics in general: ethics, action and freedom;
3. Ethics in the context of society: ethics, society and the law;
4. Ethical theories: virtue, duty and happiness;
5. Identifying and evaluating arguments: logic and morality;
6. General arguments: unnatural, disgusting, risky, only opinion;
Part II. The Beginning and End of Life; Section
1. Cloning:
7. Therapeutic cloning: the moral status of embryos;
8. Reproductive cloning: science and science fiction; Section
2. Reproduction:
9. Reproductive freedom: rights, responsibilities and choice;
10. The resources of reproduction: eggs, sperm and wombs for sale;
11. Screening and embryo selection: eliminating disorders or people?; Section
3. Ageing and Death:
12. Ageing and immortality: the search for longevity;
13. Death and killing: the quality and value of life;
Part III. In the Midst of Life; Section
1. Our Duties to Ourselves:
14. Human enhancement: the more the better?;
15. Bio-information: databases, privacy and the fight against crime;
16. Security and defence: security sensitivity, publication and warfare; Section
2. Our Duties to Each Other:
17. Food and energy security: GM food, biofuel and the media;
18. Bio-ownership: who owns the stuff of life?;
19. Human justice: the developed and developing worlds; Section
3. Our Duties to Nature:
20. Non-human animals: consciousness, rationality and animal rights;
21. The living and non-living environment: spaceship Earth; Index.