Bioethics (eBook)

An Anthology

Helga Kuhse, Udo Schüklenk, Peter Singer (Herausgeber)

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2015 | 3. Auflage
800 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-94152-2 (ISBN)

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Now fully revised and updated, Bioethics: An Anthology, 3rd edition, contains a wealth of new material reflecting the latest developments. This definitive text brings together writings on an unparalleled range of key ethical issues, compellingly presented by internationally renowned scholars.

* The latest edition of this definitive one-volume collection, now updated to reflect the latest developments in the field

* Includes several new additions, including important historical readings and new contemporary material published since the release of the last edition in 2006

* Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, neuroethics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, public health, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, genetic screening, and issues facing nurses

* Subjects are clearly and captivatingly discussed by globally distinguished bioethicists

* A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves

Autor

Helga Kuhse is Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University. She is the author, co-author or editor of more than 150 professional articles and some 15 books, including The Sanctity-of-Life-Doctrine in Medicine: A Critique (1987), Caring: Nurses, Women and Ethics (1997), title="Information about this product: Unsanctifying Human Life: Essays on Ethics" href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0631225072.html">Unsanctifying Human Life: Essays on Ethics (2006), and title="Information about this product: A Companion to Bioethics, 2nd Edition" href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1444350846.html">A Companion to Bioethics, 2nd Edition, (2012). Udo Schüklenkholds the Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics and Public Policy at Queen's University at Kingston in Canada. He is a Joint Editor-in-Chief of Bioethics, the journal of the International Association of Bioethics. He is the author, co-author or editor of 160 contributions in journals and anthologies and 7 books including 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists 2009), The Bioethics Reader (2007) and 50 Great Myths About Atheism (2013). Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 40 books, including Animal Liberation (first published in 1975), widely credited with triggering the modern animal-rights movement, Practical Ethics (third edition, 2011), In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave (2005), and The Life You Can Save (2009). In 2005, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.An Australian, in 2012 he was made a Companion to the Order of Australia, his country's highest civilian honour.

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Praise for the Previous Edition

"The field of bioethics continues to evolve at a breakneck pace.
One could hardly ask for a more thorough guide to where it has been, and what
values and principles might steer where it is going, than this comprehensive
and balanced volume." Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania

"This is an outstanding collection which covers all the main issues in bioethics and
brings together much of the best philosophical work on them." Dan W.
Brock, Harvard Medical School
"A useful tool to gain an overview of important and
influential texts and thinking of leading authors and commentators in
bioethics." Human Reproduction and Genetic Ethics

"This remains the definitive collection in bioethics--chock
full of interesting, worthwhile articles--both old and new. The anthology has a
nice mix of classic and more recent topics of interest." J. Jeremy
Wisnewski, Editor, Review Journal of Political Philosophy

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.10.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• Schlagworte: Bioethics & Medical Ethics • Bioethik • Bioethik, Medizinethik • Philosophie • Philosophy
• ISBN-10: 1-118-94152-7 / 1118941527
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-94152-2 / 9781118941522