Bio-ethics

T. H. Huxley (1825-1895) was not only an active protagonist in the religious and scientific upheaval that followed the publication of Darwin's theo...

Questions about the dignity of the human person give rise to many of the most central and hotly disputed topics in bioethics. In A Defense of Digni...

Recovering the forgotten discipline of Natural Philosophy for the modern world This book argues for the retrieval of 'natural philosophy', a conce...

Genome sequencing is one of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs of the past thirty years. But what precisely does it involve and how is it d...

In this masterful book, Julian Hughes makes a convincing case that many acts in clinical and care practice are ethical matters. Hughes takes us gen...

Human Success: Evolutionary Origins and Ethical Implications examines human success from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, with contributions...

Attitudes towards science, medicine and the body are all profoundly shaped by peoples worldviews. When discussing issues of bioethics, religion oft...

Exploring the interconnectedness of human health, biodiversity, and bioethics.We all depend on environmental biodiversity for clean air, safe water...

In Enhancing Evolution, leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer babies, and clon...

Most people believe there are degrees of moral status. They believe animals matter morally, but human beings matter significantly more than animals...

This new edition of the Code of Medical Ethics is the culmination of an eight-year project to modernize the Codes ethical guidance for relevance, c...

In Rescuing Humanity, Willem H. Vanderburg reminds us that we have relied on discipline-based approaches for human knowing, doing, and organizing f...

Currently, the ethics infrastructure from medical and scientific training to the scrutiny of ethics committees focuses on trying to reform inform...

Reproductive science continues to revolutionise reproduction and propel us further into uncharted territories. The revolution signalled by the birt...

Although the 'Israeli case' of bioethics has been well documented, this book offers a novel understanding of Israeli bioethics that is a milestone ...

This exploration of the newly emerging, diverse, and controversial area of animal lawpresents a basic survey of the laws designed to protect animal...

The commodification of scienceoften identified with commercialization, or the selling of expertise and research results and the capitalization of k...

Human beings seek to transcend limits. This is part of our potential greatness, since it is how we can realize what is best in our humanity. Howeve...

This book explores issues raised by past and present practices of animal enhancement in terms of their means and their goals, clarifies conceptual ...

Is it morally or politically acceptable to have wide differences in the quality of health care when one crosses a state line? Federalism in the Uni...

Der Band verbindet aktuelle Diskurse um nichtmenschliche oder mehr-als-menschliche Akteure in ästhetischen Prozessen mit der derzeit virulenten Deb...

Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clari...

Biotechnological advancements during the last half-century have forced humanity to come to grips with the possibility of a post-human future. The e...

BIOETHICS IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT--PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, HISTORY, POLITICS presents a unique, philosophical approach to modern bioethics. Rather than...

Surrogacy is the commissioning of a woman to gestate and give birth to a child for another would-be parent. The practice raises several ethical que...

What do we owe future people? Intergenerational ethics is of great philosophical and practical importance, given human beings' ability to affect no...

Find clarity on everyday green-living dilemmas to maximise your sustainabilityAre paper bags always more environmentally friendly than plastic? How...

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Drawing on the controversial case of Ashley X, a girl with severe developmental disabilities who received interventionist medical treatment to limi...

Drawing on the controversial case of Ashley X, a girl with severe developmental disabilities who received interventionist medical treatment to limi...

Biomedical research is changing the both the format and the functions of human beings. Very soon the human race will be faced with a choice: do we ...

Obwohl Gesundheit für alle Menschen essentiell ist, unterliegt das Verständnis des Begriffs »Gesundheit« jeweils historisch, regional und kulturell...

Technische Innovationen der Fotografie erlaubten Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, Wildtiere nicht mehr nur als Kadaver und Beute oder in Studio und Geheg...

With much of the world's population facing restricted access to adequate medical care, how to allocate scarce health-care resources is a pressing q...

Advaita Vedanta is one of the best-known schools of Indian philosophy, but much of its history--a history closely interwoven with that of medieval ...

Doubt is our product, a cigarette executive once observed, since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds...

For decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional em...

The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeho...

What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on ...

This open access casebook addresses complex and important ethical challenges arising when health-related research in conducted in the context of ep...

Was kennzeichnet eine gelingende Geburt und welche Zugänge sind geeignet, um diese Frage zu beantworten? Schien es in der klassischen Moderne lange...

In Almost Over, F. M. Kamm presents a wide-ranging philosophical discussion of the moral, legal, and medical issues related to aging, dying, and de...