Galston / Shurr New Dimensions in Bioethics

Science, Ethics and the Formulation of Public Policy
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4615-1591-3
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 225 Seiten, eBook

In the last three decades, bioethics has matured into a field of study with several areas of concentration, including medical ethics, environmental ethics and more recently, genetic ethics. For reasons related to both the developmental history of the subject and to the poignancy of the problems presented, most textbooks and collections of essays have dealt with only a single area, medical ethics. In fact, to many not in the field, the word bioethics has become synonymous with medical ethics. The aim of this collection of essays, entitled NewDimensions in Bioethics: Science, Ethics and the Formation of PublicPolicy , is to enlarge this restrictive vision of the field as it is usually studied at universities. By combining essays relevant to medical ethics with companion essays on environmental ethics and genetic ethics, the book emphasizes similarities in the methods of analysis used in diverse bioethical problems, whether dealing with genes, with people or the environment. In this way, New Dimensions inBioethics: Science, Ethics and the Formation of Public Policy , hopes to contribute to the intellectual unity of the subject and to suggest changes in the way bioethics can be taught and studied at both the graduate and undergraduate level.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galston, Arthur W.

Shurr, Emily G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

II. The Social Function of the Scientist: The Ethics of Truth Telling.- III. Genetics.- Race, Genes & Human Origins: How Genetically Diverse are We?.- Can Agricultural Biotechnology Solve World Hunger Problems?: The Role of Regulations and Oligopolies.- Genetic Predisposition and the Politics of Prediction.- IV. Environment.- Scale, Awareness and Conscience: The Moral Terrain of Ecological Vulnerability.- Pesticide Use: Ethical, Environmental, and Public Health Implications.- Falling Leaves and Ethical Dilemmas: Agent Orange in Vietnam.- Animal Matters.- Environmental Values in Peace and War.- V. Medicine.- Roe v. Wade as a Counter-Revolutionary Manifesto: A Retrospective View.- Home Sweet Hospital: The Nature and Limits of Family Responsibilities for Home Health Care.- Ethics and Public Policy in a Democracy: The Case of Human Embryo Research.- Human Sacrifice and Human Experimentation: Reflections at Nuremberg.