Bioethics: An Anthology, paper (2^nd Ed.)

Besides coverage of issues such as reproduction, genetics, life and death, and animal experimentation, this edition features essays on topics such as genetic screening, the use of embryonic human stem cells, and resource allocation between patients. The anthology provides an overview of some controversial ethical issues.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I Before Birth.

Introduction.

Abortion.

1 Abortion and Health Care Ethics.

John Finnis.

2 Abortion and Infanticide.

Michael Tooley.

3 A Defense of Abortion.

Judith Jarvis Thomson.

4 Why Abortion is Immoral.

Don Marquis.

Mother Fetus Conflict.

5 Are Pregnant Women Fetal Containers?.

Laura M. Purdy.

Part II Issues in Reproduction.

Introduction.

Assisted Reproduction.

6 The McCaughey Septuplets: Gods Will or Human Choice?.

Gregory E. Pence.

7 Surrogate Mothering: Exploitation or Empowerment?.

Laura M. Purdy.

8 A Response to Purdy.

Susan Dodds and Karen Jones.

9 The Right to Lesbian Parenthood.

Gillian Hanscombe.

10 Rights, Interests and Possible People.

Derek Parfit.

Prenatal Screening, Sex Selection and Cloning.

11 Can Having Children be Immoral?.

Laura Purdy.

12 Prenatal Diagnosis and Selective Abortion: A Challenge to Practice and Policy.

Adrienne Asch.

13 Genetic Technology: A Threat to Deafness.

Ruth Chadwick and Mairi Levitt.

14 Sex Selection: The Case For.

Julian Savulescu.

15 Conception to Obtain Hematopoietic Cells.

John A. Robertson, Jeffrey P. Kahn, and John E. Wagner.

16 Why we should not permit embryos to be selected as tissue donors.

David King.

17 The Moral Status of the Cloning of Humans.

Michael Tooley.

Part III The New Genetics Introduction.

Gene Therapy and Eugenics.

18 Questions About Some Uses of Genetic Engineering.

Jonathan Glover.

19 Ethical Issues in Manipulating the Human Germ Line.

Mark Lappe.

20 The Moral Significance of the Therapy Enhancement Distinction in Human Genetics.

David B. Resnik.

21 Should we Undertake Genetic Research on Intelligence?.

Ainsley Newson & Robert Williamson.

Genetic Screening and Counselling.

22 Lessons from a Dark and Distant Past.

Benno Mueller Hill.

23 Patient Autonomy & Value Neutrality in Nondirective Counseling.

Robert Wachbroit & David Wasserman.

24 Genetic Dilemmas and the Childs Right to an Open Future.

Dena S. Davis.

Part IV Life and Death Issues Introduction.

25 The Sanctity of Life.

Jonathan Glover.

26 Declaration on Euthanasia.

Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Killing and Letting Die.

27 The Morality of Killing: A Traditional View.

Germain Grisez and Joseph M. Boyle, Jr.

28 Active and Passive Euthanasia.

James Rachels.

29 Is Killing No Worse Than Letting Die?.

Winston Nesbitt.

30 Why Killing is Not Always Worse And Sometimes Better ...

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