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Bioethics
Edited by Justin Oakley
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2009
ISBN: 9780754625971
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Book description
This belongs to a series 'International library of essays in
public and professional ethics'.
Bioethics examines and challenges existing and likely future
practices in health care, reproduction, genetics, biotechnology and
biomedical research. Of all the areas in applied and professional
ethics, bioethics is the oldest and most diverse, and it contains debates
that are often more philosophically sophisticated than those in other areas.
While many of the particular concerns of contemporary bioethics - such as
abortion, prenatal diagnosis, cloning, informed consent and voluntary
euthanasia - have been prompted by advances in medical and reproductive
technologies in recent decades, they commonly raise deep issues of perennial
importance, about when life begins, the value of parenthood, the notion of
respect for others and what it means to be human. Consequently, there
is a rich and varied literature from which to choose the best and most
influential essays.
This volume contains many of the most important and influential essays that
have set the agenda for key debates in bioethics or have changed the face of
those debates.
About the author
Justin Oakley is Director of Human Bioethics in the
School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University.
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