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Book SynopsisâœIn this masterful book, Julian Hughes makes a convincing case that many acts in clinical and care practice are ethical matters. Hughes takes us gently through a jungle of philosophical ideas and explores a series of ethical issues in dementia care, such as diagnosis, covert medication and end of life care. His humanity shines through as he favours a values-based approach to care, and concludes by declaring (in the spirit of Tom Kitwood) that the person must be placed first in order to do what is right and good for people living with dementia. A must-have volume for practitioners, social scientists and enlightened general readers.âTom Dening, Professor of Dementia Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UKâœThis book is totally brilliant. The outstanding author Dr. Julian Hughes must now be considered the foremost ethicist of his generation when it comes to caring for individuals with dementia â This is now the book that everyone who carTable of ContentsPart 1. Theory and Everyday Life 1. Introduction: In anticipation – so what?2. The “problem” of ethics3. Ethical theories: Viva las virtudes!4. Ethical approaches5. Practical approaches: casuistry and values-based practice6. An idea: patterns of practicePart 2. Notions of Note7. Stigma and resources8. From autonomy to relational autonomy9. From paternalism to solicitude10. Dignity11. Capacity and consent12. Best interests13. Personhood and citizenshipPart 3. Ethical research and principles14. Dementia and ethics research15. The Nuffield Council’s report16. Research ethics, biomarkers and geneticsPart 4. Dilemmas in Practice17. Diagnosis18. Maintaining independence19. Technology20. Abuse21. Accepting care22. Behaviour23. Forced care24. Medication25. Sexuality and intimacy26. Truth-telling27. Hospital admission28. Food and drink29. Antibiotics and infections30. Ethics in the time of a pandemic31. Resuscitation32. Death and dyingPart 5. Conclusion33. Putting it all together – patterns of practice34. So what?

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Book SynopsisThis book celebrates Professor Margaret Brazierâs outstanding contribution to the field of healthcare law and bioethics. It examines key aspects developed in Professor Brazierâs agenda-setting body of work, with contributions being provided by leading experts in the field from the UK, Australia, the US and continental Europe. They examine a range of current and future challenges for healthcare law and bioethics, representing state-of-the-art scholarship in the field.The book is organised into five parts. Part I discusses key principles and themes in healthcare law and bioethics. Part II examines the dynamics of the patientâdoctor relationship, in particular the role of patients. Part III explores legal and ethical issues relating to the human body. Part IV discusses the regulation of reproduction, and Part V examines the relationship between the criminal law and the healthcare process.Chapter 10 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open AcceTable of ContentsPreface, Brenda Hale 1. Pioneering Healthcare Law: Reflecting on the Work and Contribution of Margaret Brazier, Catherine Stanton, Sarah Devaney, Anne-Maree Farrell and Alexandra Mullock Part I: Principles and Concepts in Healthcare Law 2. Waxing and Waning: the Shifting Sands of Autonomy on the Medico-Legal Shore, J. Kenyon Mason & Graeme Laurie 3. Compulsory Vaccination and the Collective Good: Going Beyond a Civic Duty?’, Nicola Glover-Thomas & Søren Holm 4.The Value of Human Life in Healthcare Law: Life versus Death in the Hands of the Judiciary, Rob Heywood & Alexandra Mullock 5. Decisions at the End of Life: An Attempt at Rationalisation, Sheila McLean 6.The Past, Present and Future of EU Health Law, Tamara Hervey 7. Beyond Medicine, Patients and the Law: Policy and Governance in 21st Century Health Law, John Coggon & Lawrence O Gostin Part II: Patient-Doctor Relations 8. ‘(I Love You!) I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do’: Breaches of Sexual Boundaries by Patients in their Relationships with Healthcare Professionals, Suzanne Ost & Hazel Biggs 9. When Things Go Wrong: Patient Harm, Responsibility and (Dis) Empowerment Anne-Maree Farrell and Sarah Devaney 10. Critical Decisions for Critically Ill Infants: Principles, Processes, Problems Giles Birchley and Richard Huxtable 11. The Role of the Family in Healthcare Decisions: the dead and the dying Monica Navarro-Michel Part III: Law, ethics and the human body12. Exploring the legacy of the Retained Organs Commission a decade on: Lessons Learned and the Danger of Lessons Lost Jean McHale 13. Property Interests in Human Tissue: Is the Law still an Ass? Muireann Quigley and Loane Skene 14. Law and Humanity: Exploring Organ Donation using the Brazier Method Marleen Eijkholt and Ruth Stirton 15. Sex Change Surgery for Transgender Minors: Should Doctors Speak Out? Simona Giordano, César Palacios-González and John Harris 16. The Lawyer’s Prestige Iain Brassington and Imogen Jones Part IV: Regulating Reproduction 17. The Science of Muddling Through: Categorising Embryos Marie Fox and Sheelagh McGuinness 18. Revisiting the Regulation of the Reproduction Business Danielle Griffiths and Amel Alghrani 19. Regulating Responsible Reproduction David Archard 20. Donor Conception and Information Disclosure: Welfare or Consent? Rosamund Scott 21. Are We Still "Policing Pregnancy"? Sara Fovargue and Jose Miola Part V: The Criminal Law and the Healthcare Process 22. Vulnerability and the Criminal Law: The Implications of Brazier’s Research for Safeguarding People at Risk Kirsty Keywood and Zuzanna Sawicka 23. Revisiting the Criminal Law on the Transmission of Disease David Gurnham and Andrew Ashworth 24. Maternal responsibility to the child not yet born Emma Cave and Catherine Stanton 25. Compromise Medicalisation Roger Brownsword and Jeffrey Wale

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Book SynopsisTalk of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) has moved from the hushed corridors of life science corporations to the front pages of major newspapers. This book examines these issues from the diverse perspectives of sociology, geography, law, environmental studies and political science.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Biotechnology in the New Millennium: Technological Change, Institutional Change, and Political Struggle Rachel A. Schurman 1. Wonderful Potencies? Deep Structure and the Problem of Monopoly in Agricultural Biotechnology William Boyd 2. Building a Better Tree: Genetic Engineering and Fiber Farming in Oregon and Washington W. Scott Prudham 3. The Migration of Salmon from Nature to Biotechnology Dennis Doyle Takahashi Kelso 4. Making Biotech History: Social Resistance to Agricultural Biotechnology and the Future of the Biotechnology Industry Rachel A. Schurman and William A. Munro 5. Eating Risk: The Politics of Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods Julie Guthman 6. The Global Politics of GEOs: The Achilles' Heel of the Globalization Regime? Frederick H. Buttel 7. Biotech Battles: Plants, Power, and Intellectual Property in the New Global Governance Regimes Kathleen McAfee 8. From Molecules to Medicines: The Use of Genetic Resources in Pharmaceutical Research Astrid J. Scholz 9. The Brave New Worlds of Agricultural Technoscience: Changing Perspectives, Recurrent Themes, and New Research Directions in Agro-Food Studies David Goodman Conclusion. Recreating Democracy Dennis Doyle Takahashi Kelso Glossary Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional emphasis on individual interests such as doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and personal autonomy is minimally helpful in confronting the social and political challenges posed by new human biotechnologies such as assisted reproduction, human genetic modification, and DNA forensics.Beyond Bioethicsaddresses these provocative issues from an emerging standpoint that is attentive to race, gender, class, disability, privacy, and notions of democracya new biopolitics. This authoritative volume provides an overview for those grappling with the profound dilemmas posed by these developments. It brings together the work of cutting-edge thinkers from diverse fields of study and public engagement, all of them committed to this new perspective grounded in social justice and public interest values.Trade Review"A useful contribution. Gives both a name and a direction to a more socially conscious ethical and political framework to the controversial issues posed by developments in genomics." * Metapsychology Online Reviews *"With the rapid development of new biotechnologies like CRISPR, Beyond Bioethics makes a timely call for a novel take on bioethics capable of addressing the significant sociopolitical implications of these technologies. . . . Bridging together thinkers across the humanities and sciences divide, Beyond Bioethics models a progressive, interdisciplinary approach to bioethics that extends beyond a focus on the individual toward a 'new biopolitics' of the global, the collective." * Somatosphere *"As an argument for a particular focus in bioethics, with each chapter serving as a case providing an example of this focus, Beyond Bioethics is convincing. . . . covers a lot of theoretical ground, and is clear and enjoyable to read without sacrificing intelligence. It will certainly spark both scholarly discussion and student interest." * Quarterly Review of Biology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Troy Duster Acknowledgments Note to Readers Introduction - Osagie K. Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky Part I. The Biopolitical Critique of Bioethics: Historical Context 1. The Biological Inferiority of the Undeserving Poor - Michael B. Katz 2. Making Better Babies: Public Health and Race Betterment in Indiana, 1920–1935 - Alexandra Minna Stern 3. Eugenics and the Nazis: The California Connection - Edwin Black 4. Why the Nazis Studied American Race Law for Inspiration - James Q. Whitman 5. Constructing Normalcy: The Bell Curve, the Novel, and the Invention of the Disabled Body in the Nineteenth Century - Lennard J. Davis 6. The Eugenics Legacy of the Nobelist Who Fathered IVF - Osagie K. Obasogie Part II. Bioethics and its Discontents 7. A Sociological Account of the Growth of Principlism - John H. Evans 8. Why a Feminist Approach to Bioethics? - Margaret Olivia Little 9. Disability Rights Approach toward Bioethics? - Gregor Wolbring 10. Differences from Somewhere: The Normativity of Whiteness in Bioethics in the United States - Catherine Myser 11. Bioethical Silence and Black Lives - Derek Ayeh 12. The Ethicists - Carl Elliott Part II. Emerging Biotechnologies, Extreme Ideologies: The Recent Past and Near Future 13. The Genome as Commons - Tom Athanasiou and Marcy Darnovsky 14. Yuppie Eugenics - Ruth Hubbard and Stuart Newman 15. Brave New Genome - Eric S. Lander 16. Can We Cure Genetic Diseases without Slipping into Eugenics? - Nathaniel Comfort 17. Cyborg Soothsayers of the High-Tech Hogwash Emporia: In Amsterdam with the Singularity - Corey Pein Part IV. Markets, Property, and The Body 18. Flacking for Big Pharma - Harriet A. Washington 19. Your Body, Their Property - Osagie K. Obasogie 20. Where Babies Come From: Supply and Demand in an Infant Marketplace - Debora Spar 21. Dear Facebook, Please Don’t Tell Women to Lean In to Egg Freezing - Jessica Cussins 22. The Miracle Woman - Rebecca Skloot Part V. Patients As Consumers in The Gene Age 23. What Is Your DNA Worth? - David Dobbs 24. Should Patients Understand That They Are Research Subjects? - Jenny Reardon 25. Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests Should Come with a Health Warning - Jessica Cussins 26. Genetic Testing for All Women? Not a Solution to the Breast Cancer Epidemic - Karuna Jaggar 27. Welcome, Freshmen: DNA Swabs, Please - Troy Duster 28. Me Medicine - Donna Dickenson 29. Public Health in the Precision-Medicine Era - Ronald Bayer and Sandro Galea Part VI. Seeking Humanity in Human Subjects Research 30. Medical Exploitation: Inmates Must Not Become Guinea Pigs Again - Allen M. Hornblum and Osagie K. Obasogie 31. The Body Hunters - Marcia Angell 32. Guinea-Pigging - Carl Elliott 33. Human Enhancement and Experimental Research in the Military - Efthimios Parasidis 34. Non-Consenting Adults - Harriet A. Washington Part VII. Baby-Making in The Biotech Age 35. Generation I.V.F.: Making a Baby in the Lab—10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me - Miriam Zoll 36. Queering the Fertility Clinic - Laura Mamo 37. Reproductive Tourism: Equality Concerns in the Global Market for Fertility Services - Lisa Chiyemi Ikemoto 38. Make Me a Baby as Fast as You Can - Douglas Pet 39. Let’s Get Rid of the Secrecy in Donor-Conceived Families - Naomi Cahn and Wendy Kramer Part VIII. Selecting Traits, Selecting Children 40. Disability Equality and Prenatal Testing: Contradictory or Compatible? - Adrienne Asch 41. The Bleak New World of Prenatal Genetics - Marcy Darnovsky and Alexandra Minna Stern 42. Have New Prenatal Tests Been Dangerously Oversold? - Beth Daley 43. Sex Selection and the Abortion Trap - Mara Hvistendahl 44. A Baby, Please: Blond, Freckles—Hold the Colic - Gautam Naik Part IX. Reinventing Race in The Gene Age 45. Straw Men and Their Followers: The Return of Biological Race - Evelynn M. Hammonds 46. The Problem with Race-Based Medicine - Dorothy Roberts 47. Race in a Bottle - Jonathan Kahn 48. The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing - Deborah A. Bolnick et al. 49. All That Glitters Isn’t Gold - Osagie K. Obasogie and Troy Duster 50. High-Tech, High-Risk Forensics - Osagie K. Obasogie Part X. Biopolitics and The Future 51. Die, Selfish Gene, Diem - David Dobbs 52. Toward Race Impact Assessments - Osagie K. Obasogie 53. Human Genetic Engineering Demands More Than a Moratorium - Sheila Jasanoff, J. Benjamin Hurlbut, and Krishanu Saha 54. “Moral Meanings of an Altogether Different Kind”: Progressive Politics in the Biotech Age - Marcy DarnovskyAfterword by Patricia J. Williams List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisWhy has autonomy been a leading idea in philosophical writing on bioethics, and why has trust been marginal? In this important book, Onora O'Neill suggests that the conceptions of individual autonomy so widely relied on in bioethics are philosophically and ethically inadequate, and that they undermine rather than support relations of trust. She shows how Kant's non-individualistic view of autonomy provides a stronger basis for an approach to medicine, science and biotechnology, and does not marginalize untrustworthiness, while also explaining why trustworthy individuals and institutions are often undeservingly mistrusted. Her arguments are illustrated with issues raised by practices such as the use of genetic information by the police or insurers, research using human tissues, uses of new reproductive technologies, and media practices for reporting on medicine, science and technology. Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics will appeal to a wide range of readers in ethics, bioethics and relateTrade Review'Amid so much hype and yammer in the suddenly fashionable field of bioethics, it is good to turn to a book by a professional philosopher with wide experience of how biomedical regulation works in practice … It should be read by everyone concerned with this topic.' The Economist'It is the mark of a truly good book that it stimulates criticism as well as agreement and praise … The book is a notable contribution to understanding of the most important task facing those responsible for the NHS - to maintain trust where is exists (as it does in most cases) or to restore trust where it has lapsed.' Douglas Black, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine'They are alike … not only in dealing with the topic of trust, but also in their sharp intelligence, their refusal to accept received opinion without examination and their humane common sense. The combination of serious philosophical discussion with journalistic presentational skills has been brought to a fine art by O'Neill … if anything is transparent, it is the truthfulness and good sense of this most admirable lecturer' Baroness Warnock, The Times Higher Education Supplement'This is a philosopher's account of what is a far more complex subject than may at first appear. Fortunately Onora O'Neill is one of the few philosophers who can write with the clarity to make her arguments very accessible, which will make this book particularly appealing to a much wider audience than philosophers … Thought provoking and stimulating.' Bulletin of Medical Ethics'The book is marked throughout by Professor O'Neill's customary mixture of clarity, forthrightness and common sense, and by an impressive determination to relate careful philosophy to actual practice and experience … Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics provides a rich and stimulating basis for further debate in this area, and broadens the focus of discussion in a stimulating way. Even if non-Kantians remain unpersuaded by some of the philosophical moves, they will appreciate the lucidity, learning and good sense of this interesting book.' The Heythrop JournalTable of ContentsPreface; Frontispiece; 1. Gaining autonomy and losing trust?; 2. Autonomy, individuality and consent; 3. 'Reproductive autonomy' and new technologies; 4. Principled autonomy; 5. Principled autonomy and genetic technologies; 6. The quest for trustworthiness; 7. Trust and the limits of consent; 8. Trust and communication: the media and bioethics; Bibliography; Institutional bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is an evolutionary thought experiment—untestable, informative and great fun. . . . A Dog’s World appears to have all four paws on secure scientific ground as Ms. Pierce and Mr. Bekoff start from basic evolutionary and ecological principles to develop powerful predictions and insights into dogs as we know them today."---David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal"This thought-provoking book examines what the world would look like if all of us annoying, treat-wielding, doggie-day-care arranging grown-ups suddenly disappeared and dogs could run free. We might like to believe our dogs would be lost without us, but the reality might surprise you."---Zibby Owens, Washington Post"I love creative approaches to science writing and this book – an imagining of what would happen to dogs if humans disappeared – delivers it all: fresh perspectives, top-drawer science and an original thought-provoking hook."---Jules Howard, Big Issue

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is an evolutionary thought experiment—untestable, informative and great fun. . . . A Dog’s World appears to have all four paws on secure scientific ground as Ms. Pierce and Mr. Bekoff start from basic evolutionary and ecological principles to develop powerful predictions and insights into dogs as we know them today."---David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal"This thought-provoking book examines what the world would look like if all of us annoying, treat-wielding, doggie-day-care arranging grown-ups suddenly disappeared and dogs could run free. We might like to believe our dogs would be lost without us, but the reality might surprise you."---Zibby Owens, Washington Post"I love creative approaches to science writing and this book – an imagining of what would happen to dogs if humans disappeared – delivers it all: fresh perspectives, top-drawer science and an original thought-provoking hook."---Jules Howard, Big Issue

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Book SynopsisBiotech companies are creating designer crops with strange powers-from cholesterol-reducing soybeans to tobacco plants that act as solar-powered pharmaceutical factories. They promise great benefits: better health for consumers and more productive agriculture. But the vision has a dark side. In Lords of the Harvest, Daniel Charles tells the real story behind Frankenstein foods-the story you won''t hear from the biotech companies or their fiercest opponents. He reveals for the first time the cutthroat scientific competition and backroom business deals that led to the first genetically engineered foods. And he exposes the secrets of campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic aimed at bringing down the biotech industry. A riveting tale of boundless ambition, political intrigue, and the quest for knowledge, Lords of the Harvest is ultimately a story of idealism and conflicting dreams about the shape of a better world.

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Book SynopsisEssays in this volume consider the conceptual links between views on abortion and foetal development, abortion procedures, religion, laws and public funding (or no funding) policies.Table of ContentsList of contributors. Preface (R.B. Edwards). Ontogenesis of the brain in the human organism: definitions of life and death of the human being and person (J. Korein). Abortion procedures and abortifacients (J.E. Hodgson). Abortion and the law: the Supreme Court, privacy and abortion (F.H. Marsh). Abortion and religion (N.R. Howell). The Roman Catholic position on abortion (R. Barry). "Conservative" views of abortion (P.E. Devine). Moderate views of abortion (L.W. Sumner). Not drowning but waving: reflections on swimming through the shark-infested waters of the abortion debate (N.A. Davis). An essay on the moral status question (L.M. Schwartz). Public funding of abortions and abortion counseling for poor women (R.B. Edwards). Index.

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Book Synopsis"Postmodern Malpractice: A Medical Case Study in the Culture War".Table of ContentsEDITORIAL BOARD. Introduction: The Trojan horse of bioethics. What really assassinated hippocrates. Bioethics in historical and philosophical context. The postmodern environment of bioethics. Human reproductive medicine: Freedom or regulation. Infectious diseases: Ethics, experts and policy in AIDS, vCJD, Ebola virus, West Nile virus. Abortion: Human worth, the end of ethics and political entitlement. Politicizing brain death, treatment refusal, physician-assisted suicide, terminal sedation, treatment rationing. Health belief model and health delivery systems. Alternative medicine, new age, classic shaman systems. Behavioral myth, psychiatric abuse, and social manipulation. Are patients better off than they were before the sixties: A second opinion and analysis of bioethics. Resisting the total society, and a new model for ethics.

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Book Synopsis"Taking Life and Death Seriously: Bioethics from Japan".Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Short History of Bioethics in Japan. (T. Takahashi). Chapter 1. A Synthesis of Bioethics and Environmental Ethics Founded upon the Concept of Care: Toward a Japanese Approach to Bioethics. (T. Takahashi). Chapter 2. On Human Dignity: Japan and the West. (S. Nakayama). Chapter 3. Moral Thinking about the Embryo-Fetus Period: Reconsidering the Problems of Identity and Existence. (H. Yahata). Chapter 4. Changes of Bioethical Perspective of Japanese Clinical Geneticists about Repro-Genetics during 1995-2001. (E. Shinoki, I. Matsuda). Chapter 5. Competency Testing in Medical and Psychiatric Practice: Legal and Psychological Concepts and Dilemmas. (T. Kitamura, F. Kitamura). Chapter 6. Care for the Elderly in Japan: Past, Present and Future. (T. Saga). Chapter 7. Nursing of Dying Patients: From the Viewpoint of Cultural Background of Attending Death. (T. Morita). Chapter 8. Cell Death: its style and significance. (H. Saya). Chapter 9. The Natural Funeral (shizensou) in Japan Today: Movement, Background, and the Next World. (H. Taguchi). Chapter 10. Medical Business Ethics: The HIV-Tainted-Blood Affair in Japan. (T. Tanaka). Chapter 11. Minamata Disease as "Soul": An Uncertain "Alternative Future" in the Modern Japanese State. (K. Keida). Chapter 12. The Global Lessons of Minamata Disease: An Introduction to Minamata Studies. (M. Harada).

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Book SynopsisDeals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. This volume includes an introductory look at the issue of health care inequalities and disparities, racial and ethnic inequalities and disparities, issues related to substance abuse, and mental health and related concerns. It also looks at issues of vulnerable women.Table of ContentsWhose Body (Of Opinion) is it Anyway? Historicizing Tissue Ownership and Examining ‘Public Opinion’ in Bioethics. From Cruzan. The Changing Context of Neonatal Decision Making: are the Consumerist and Disability Rights Movements Having an Effect?. “What are We Really Doing Here?” Journeys into Hospital Ethics Committees in Germany: Nurses’ Participation and The(ir) Marginalization of Care. Healthcare Ethics Committees Without Function? Locations and Forms of Ethical Speech in a ‘Society of Presents’. Ethical Mindfulness: Narrative Analysis and Everyday Ethics in Health Care. Making the Autonomous Client: How Genetic Counselors Construct Autonomous Subjects. “… But you Cannot Influence the Direction of your Thinking”: Guiding Self-Government in Bioethics Policy Discourse. Cutting Risk: The Ethics of Male Circumcision, HIV Prevention, and Wellness. Genomics, Gender and Genetic Capital: The Need for an Embodied Ethics of Reproduction. What Does Justice have to do with It? A Bioethical and Sociological Perspective on the Diabetes Epidemic. Sociological Contributions to Developing Ethical Standards for Medical Research in Very Poor Countries: The Example of Nepal. Changing the Subject: Science, Subjectivity, and the Structuring of Ethical Implications. List of Contributors. Introductory Preface. Part I: Placing Bioethics Historically. Part II: The Sociology of a Working Bioethics: Private Narratives. Part III: Macrosociological Perspectives: Bioethics in the Policy Arena. Part IV: Re-Imagining Bioethics: Expanding the Borders of Bioethical Inquiry and Action.

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Book SynopsisOffers, for the first time, a collection of the landmark articles in clinical bioethics authored by the physician and philosopher, Edmund D Pellegrino. As one of the founding figures of modern medical ethics, Dr Pellegrino gained international renown for his deeply reflective scholarship and for his public service in developing the field.Trade ReviewPellegrino's contribution is significant, deeply relevant, suprisingly timely, and notably prescient. For this reason alone, the gathering of these essays together in one volume is a worthwhile project...demonstrates the cohesive thought of a serious and foundational figure in the field."" - John Hardt, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

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Book SynopsisBioethics is a field of inquiry and as such is fundamentally an epistemic discipline. Knowing how we make moral judgments can bring into relief why certain arguments on various bioethical issues appear plausible to one side and obviously false to the other. Uncertain Bioethics makes a significant and distinctive contribution to the bioethics literature by culling the insights from contemporary moral psychology to highlight the epistemic pitfalls and distorting influences on our apprehension of value. Stephen Napier also incorporates research from epistemology addressing pragmatic encroachment and the significance of peer disagreement to justify what he refers to as epistemic diffidence when one is considering harming or killing human beings. Napier extends these developments to the traditional bioethical notion of dignity and argues that beliefs subject to epistemic diffidence should not be acted upon. He proceeds to apply this framework to traditional and develTrade Review"Stephen Napier argues with verve and subtlety for a cautious and restrained approach to acts of killing in bioethics; central to his argument is the difficulty of being sure that active interventions are permissible. This book intriguingly combines insights from a wide variety of different recent philosophical literatures to offer an important and interesting contribution to numerous current debates." – Sophie-Grace Chappell is Professor of Philosophy at Open University, UK Table of ContentsChapter 1. IntroductionPart I. Foundational Matters: The Perception of Value, Persons, and Human WorthChapter 2. Moral Inquiry and the Apprehension of ValueChapter 3. Epistemic Justification, Peer Disagreement, and Practical InterestChapter 4. Persons and Human BeingsChapter 5. Human Dignity Part II. Dignity as the Beginning and End of LifeChapter 6. AbortionChapter 7. Human Embryonic Destructive Stem Cell Research Chapter 8. Euthanasia Part III. Balancing Dignity and AutonomyChapter 9. Decision-Making for Patients with Suppressed ConsciousnessChapter 10. Decision-Making for Patients with Apparent CompetencyChapter 11. Risky Research on Competent Adults: Justice and AutonomyChapter 12: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisChallenging the belief that the use of animals in biomedical research is necessary for the advancement of human medical knowledge, the authors of this text assert that the use of animals in medical research is unethical because faulty science underpins such experimentation.Trade Review"Beautifully written, urgently conceived, comprehensively researched, Sacred Cows and Golden Geese is a desperately needed book that has the potential to incite a major shift in the thinking of millions of people. By relentlessly accessing the data with a stern objectivity, and compassionate embrace of the issues, Ray and Jean Greek have done what no other authors have yet accomplished: calmly, powerfully, convincingly explained why invasive animal research is a monstrous deception. The Greeks are likely to find themselves in the midst of a firestorm. What they have uncovered will make countless industries, universities, foundations, and institutions as grand as the National Institutes of Health quake in their sleep."--Michael Tobias "Everyone should read this book! Exposing the colossal corruption and bogus science behind much of the pharmaceutical industry, it amazes, enrages, and inspires. With countless clear, scientific examples the authors...dispel the myth that animal experiments have contributed to medical progress....It is imperative that animal-rights campaigners are well-versed in the wealth of information revealed here to prove that animal research is bad science and that far more sophisticated alternatives are available."--OutrageTable of Contents-How It All Began-Legislated Ineptitude-White Coat Welfare-Alternatives-The Real Origin of New Medications-Disease of the Cardiovascular System-Cancer, Our Modern-Day Plague-AIDS and Xenotransplantation

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Book SynopsisMost people believe that we should help others in need. This book argues that we should also help starving, wounded and sick wild animals. It will be of interest to scholars of philosophy, as well as to a non-specialist audience, including policy-makers and members of environmental and animal charities.Trade Review'Animal Ethics in the Wild makes a powerful case for helping wild animals. It also provides the most comprehensive treatment to date of the incredibly important, and yet incredibly neglected, problem of wild animal suffering. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in combating speciesism.' Kyle Johannsen, Trent University'Catia Faria has for some years been a pioneer in the effort to make both moral philosophers and members of the wider public think seriously about the appalling suffering that many billions of animals endure in the wild every day. In this book, she states the case for beneficent human intervention and then meticulously analyses and rebuts a large variety of objections that have been or might be made to her proposal. This book is thus a carefully argued and timely discussion of a highly serious moral problem that remains tragically underappreciated.' Jeff McMahan, Sekyra and White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford'Catia Faria does several important things in Animal Ethics in the Wild. First, she provides a detailed yet accessible account of commonly deployed moral arguments for protecting animals from harm, and then shows why those arguments also apply to free-living or wild animals. Further, Faria encourages people - like me - to think more carefully about who our ethical values applies to, and then to rethink what our ethical commitment to wild animals requires of us. This book has the power to change readers' behaviour as its implications are at once radical and simultaneously self-evidently logical.' Siobhan O'Sullivan, UNSW Sydney'Catia Faria's book develops a powerful, thought-provoking and comprehensive defence of the controversial argument that there's an obligation to help suffering wild animals, whatever the cause of their suffering. Faria makes an important intervention into current ethical debates about animals, and her book is strongly recommended for scholars of animal and environmental ethics.' Clare Palmer, Texas A&M University'This book is devoted to an ethical issue that has the particularity of being largely neglected by moral philosophers, even though it concerns those individuals who are the most numerous and who suffer the most. Its author succeeds in completely reversing the usual burden of proof: those who, after reading the book, wish to continue denying our moral duty to reduce the suffering of animals living in the wild will have to find a mistake in Catia Faria's simple, effective, and rigorous demonstration to the contrary. No doubt a little shaken by this read, the rest of us will most likely see these ideas settle in slowly. As our immediate reaction wears off, our perplexity will likely give way to acquiescing to the author's very ambitious yet seemingly inescapable conclusions.' Valéry Giroux, Associate director of the Centre de Recherche en Éthique (CRE), University of Montreal'Brilliant and eloquent. Animal Ethics in the Wild is a strong and firmly grounded call to us all to consider the need for helping animals in nature. Catia Faria makes an extremely compelling case for the reasons we have to intervene in nature to reduce animal suffering, while she thoroughly dismantles the major anti-interventionists arguments. A definitive work. A major contribution to animal defence from a superbly lucid thinker.' Núria Almiron, Co-director of the UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics'Impeccably analytical and elegantly structured around Albert Hirschman's distinction between appeals to futility, jeopardy, and perversity, I know of no more thorough defense of intervening in nature to reduce animal suffering than Catia Faria's lucid book.' Paula Casal, ICREA Research Professor, Pompeu Fabra University'Faria has written a wonderfully clear, rigorous and compelling book in defence of intervening to alleviate wild animal suffering. This is the book that everyone interested in wild animal ethics must read. And it is also the book with which those seeking to defend the widespread intuition to 'leave nature alone' must grapple.' Alasdair Cochrane, University of Sheffield'From now on, the starting point of discussions of the suffering of wild animals, and of what we should do about that suffering, will be Catia Faria's superb account of these issues in Animal Ethics in the Wild.' Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University'In recent years, interest in wild animal suffering has increased significantly, but long before that Catia Faria was already a pioneer on this topic. Her long-awaited book, Animal Ethics in the Wild, is a groundbreaking contribution that makes a compelling case for why this is a very important, yet often overlooked, problem. The book explores in careful detail the normative underpinnings of our reasons for helping wild animals to prevent the natural harms they suffer. I hope this book will be widely read, as anyone interested in what we owe animals would benefit greatly from it.' Oscar Horta, Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Santiago de CompostelaTable of Contents1. Moral considerability; 2. Speciesism; 3. Wild animal suffering; 4. Perversity and futility; 5. Jeopardy; 6. Relationality; 7. Priority; 8. Tractability.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces bioengineers and students who must generate and/or report scientific data to the ethical challenges they will face in preserving the integrity of their data. It provides the perspective of reaching ethical decisions via pathways that treat data as clients, to whom bioengineering scientists owe a responsibility that is an existential component of their professional identity. The initial chapters lay a historical, biological and philosophical foundation for ethics as a human activity, and data as a foundation of science. The middle chapters explore ethical challenges in lay, engineering, medical and bioengineering scientist settings. These chapters focus on micro-ethics, individual behavior, and cases that showcase the consequences of violating data integrity. Macro-ethics, policy, is dealt with in the Enrichment sections at the end of the chapters, with essay problems and subjects for debates (in a classroom setting). The book can be used for individual study, usTable of Contents1. Bioengineering and ethics: Objective data vs. subjective reason. 2. Does ethical behavior have a biological foundation? 3. Moral analysis: Philosophical foundations of ethical action. 4. Moral analysis: Deriving a moral decision. 5. Separating professional from lay ethics. 6. Engineering ethics. 7. Medical ethics. 8. Bioengineering scientist ethics. 9. Ethics of research with non-human animals. 10. Health professionals and historic human research ethics. 11. Health professionals and modern human research ethics. 12. Medical product development and the FDA. 13. Ethics of medical product failure and the courts. Appendix A: Suggested Debate format. Appendix B: Informed Consent. Appendix C: Advanced Care Directive. Appendix D: UCLA Policy 993. Appendix E: Significant events in the history of human experimentation. Appendix F: Examples for Safe Medical Devices Act report incidents.

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Book SynopsisBioethics: 50 Puzzles, Problems, and Thought Experiments collects 50 casesboth real and imaginarythat have been, or should be, of special interest and importance to philosophical bioethics. Cases are collected together under topical headings in a natural order for an introductory course in bioethics. Each case is described in a few pages, which includes bioethical context, a concise narrative of the case itself, and a discussion of its importance, both for broader philosophical issues and for practical problems in clinical ethics and health policy. Each entry also contains a brief, annotated, list of suggested readings. In addition to the classic cases in bioethics, the book contains discussion of cases that involve several emerging bioethical issues: especially, issues around disability, social justice, and the practice of medicine in a diverse and globalized world.Key Features:Gives readers all chapters presented in an identical format:Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Bioethics and Philosophical Methodology Part II: Creating Life Part III: Value of Life: Disability and Well-Being Part IV: Deciding for Others Part V: Deciding for Yourself Part VI: Killing and Dying Part VII: The Ethics of Clinical Research Part VIII: Fair Distribution Part IX: Public Health: Freedom and Justice Part X: The Boundaries of Medicine Part XI: Medicine across Borders: Dilemmas of Complicity and Compromise

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking volume unites bioethics experts from seven major world religionsâBuddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaismâalongside secular thinkers, to explore environmental protection through the lens of the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. It foregrounds the power of diverse perspectives in addressing one of humanity's most pressing challengesâthe ecological crisis. The contributions provide rich and distinct religious and cultural viewpoints as they confront the anthropological, ethical, and social dimensions of this crisis. Showcasing dialogue where traditions and philosophies collide, they offer unique insights into global bioethics and human rights that should inspire new ways of thinking and foster meaningful collaboration in the fight for our planet's future. The book is valuable reading for researchers, scholars and students in bioethics, environmental ethics, religious studies and beyond.

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Book SynopsisIn times of global economic and political crises, the notion of solidarity is gaining new currency. Exemplified by three case studies from medicine and health, this book shows how solidarity can make a difference in how we frame problems in biomedicine, and help develop innovative solutions.Trade Review'At a challenging political moment, Barbara Prainsack and Alena Buyx offer an approach to bioethics based on an appeal to solidarity as a core guiding concept. Their account is both descriptive and prescriptive, grounded firmly in practice. Moving beyond an unproductive dichotomy between personal and common benefit, their book promises an alternative to the impoverished accounts of human connectedness informed only by the logic of the market. The authors reveal the limits of an exclusive, ritualistic focus on autonomy-based health policies, offering a productive way forward.' Barbara Koenig, Director of Bioethics, University of California, San Francisco'Solidarity in Biomedicine and Beyond effectively takes on and combines two complex issues of our times. How ought we best understand the idea of human solidarity in the face of cultural trends that separate and often badly divide us? And how best to bring that understanding to bear on the great challenges, for good or ill, of the rapid and consequential changes for health care of progress in genetics and other rapidly changing technologies? Prainsack and Buyx' insights and careful analysis take us a long way down a winding modern road into the future.' Daniel Callahan, President Emeritus, The Hastings Center, New York'This book is likely to propel ongoing discussion and fruitful developments in regulatory frameworks for years to come … All those interested in the (re)design of the legal and regulatory frameworks applying to biomedicine and wider fields will need to grapple with the timely, original, and valuable ideas set forth in this book.' Mark Flear, Medical Law Review'The authors set out to clarify the concept of solidarity in connection with related concepts such as friendship, love, reciprocity, responsibility, and dignity. But they achieved much more, namely to explain the inner functioning of the moral system of society. They did this by combining a broad spectrum of philosophical and sociological work in a virtuosic manner.' Christoph Rehmann Sutter, University of Lübeck, Germany'Prainsack and Buyx advance a detailed conceptual framework and put forward practical recommendations for solidarity-based governance in biomedicine.' Katherine Weatherford Darling, New Genetics and Society'Solidarity in Biomedicine and Beyond is a brilliant book - one that will be referred to again and again by bioethicists, policymakers, regulators, and academics across a variety of disciplines. It capably builds on their 2011 Nuffield Council on Bioethics report, and signals the birth of a fully fleshed out and vital ethical concept and practice. After reading this book, one may well feel inclined to conclude that this is an old 'new' ethical principle that should be increasingly instantiated in our individual, social, and political lives.' Edward S. Dove, SCRIPTedTable of Contents1. Solidarity. A brief history of a concept, and a project; Part I. Theorising Solidarity: 2. Solidarity - intellectual background and important themes; 3. What is solidarity?; 4. Solidarity - normative approaches; Part II. Solidarity in Practice: 5. Solidarity in practice I: governing health databases; 6. Solidarity in practice II: personalised medicine and health care; 7. Solidarity and organ donation; Part III. Conclusions: 8. Solidarity with whom? Conclusions and ways forward.

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Book SynopsisProvides comprehensive, yet concise coverage of the broad field of bioethics, dealing with the scientific, medical, social, religious, political and international concerns This book offers complete information about all aspects of bioethics and its role in our world. It tackles the concerns of bioethicists, dealing with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy. The book introduces the various modes of ethical thinking and then helps the reader to apply that thinking to issues relating to the environment, to plants and animals, and to humans. Written in an accessible manner, Introduction to Bioethics, Second Edition focuses on key issues directly relevant to those studying courses ranging from medicine through to biology and agriculture. Ethical analysis is threaded throughout each chapter and supplementary examples are included to stimulate further thought. In additioTable of ContentsPreface xiii About the Companion Website xv Part I Setting the Scene 1 1 Science and Society 3 1.1 What’s It All About? 3 1.2 What Is Science? 5 1.2.1 Introduction: Some History (But Not Very Much) 5 1.3 Modern Science 9 1.4 Science, Ethics and Values 10 1.4.1 Introduction 10 1.4.2 Scientific Fraud 11 1.4.3 Science and Societal Values 11 1.5 Attitudes to Science 13 1.5.1 Science and the Enlightenment 13 1.5.2 Science, Modernism, Modernity and Postmodernism 14 1.5.3 Postmodernism and ‘Pseudo]modernism’ 16 1.5.4 Public Attitudes to Science 17 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 21 2 Ethics and Bioethics 23 2.1 Ethics and Morals 23 2.2 The Development of Ethics 25 2.2.1 Introduction 25 2.2.2 Virtuous Greeks 25 2.2.3 Ethics and Duty 26 2.2.4 What Happens If…? 27 2.2.5 Natural Law 28 2.2.6 Moral Relativism: My View Is as Good as Yours 28 2.2.7 The Revival of Virtue 29 2.2.8 Ethics and Rights 29 2.2.9 Ethics and Religion 30 2.2.10 Ethics: A Summary 30 2.3 Making Ethical Decisions 31 2.4 Medical Ethics 33 2.5 The Growth of Bioethics 34 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 36 Part II Biomedical Science and Medical Technology 39 3 Life before Birth I: The New Reproductive Technologies 41 3.1 Introduction 41 3.2 Gametes Outside the Body 42 3.3 Techniques of Artificial Reproductive Medicine 43 3.3.1 Objections to Assisted Reproduction 43 3.3.2 Donor Insemination 44 3.3.3 Gamete Donation 44 3.3.4 In Vitro Fertilisation and Variations 47 3.3.5 Reception of Oocytes from Partner 50 3.4 Embryo Testing 51 3.5 Mitochondrial Donation 51 3.6 Embryo Research 54 3.7 Rights of the Unborn Child 56 3.8 Men and Women: Do We Need Both? 56 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 58 4 Life before Birth II: Embryos, Foetuses and Associated Issues 61 4.1 Introduction 61 4.2 The Early Human Embryo 63 4.2.1 Introduction: Embryos and Persons 63 4.2.2 Status of the Embryo: Human Life Begins at Fertilisation 64 4.2.3 Status of the Embryo: The 14]Day Approach 65 4.3 Embryo Research 66 4.4 Screening and Diagnosis 69 4.5 Reproductive Rights 71 4.5.1 Scope of Reproductive Rights 71 4.5.2 Contraception 71 4.6 Abortion: Maternal–Foetal Conflict 72 4.7 Surrogacy 77 4.8 Artificial Wombs 78 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 80 5 Cloning and Stem Cells 83 5.1 Introduction 83 5.2 Frogs and Sheep 84 5.3 Genes and Clones 87 5.4 It’s Not Natural: It Should Be Banned! 87 5.5 The Ethics of Human Cloning: An Overview 91 5.6 Reproductive Cloning of Non]human Mammals 93 5.7 Unlocking the Genetic Potential of Stem Cells 96 5.7.1 Embryonic Stem Cells 96 5.7.2 Therapeutic Potential 98 5.7.3 Embryonic Stem Cells and the Ethical Status of the Early Human Embryo 98 5.7.4 Therapeutic Cloning 101 5.7.5 Adult Stem Cells 102 5.7.6 Novel Sources of Stem Cells 103 5.8 Concluding Remarks 105 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 106 6 Human Genes and Genomes 109 6.1 Some History 109 6.2 Molecular Genetics and the Human Genome Project 110 6.3 Some Thoughts on Eugenics 112 6.4 Use of Human Genetic Information 113 6.4.1 Introduction 113 6.4.2 Genetic Diagnosis 114 6.4.2.1 Postnatal Diagnosis 114 6.4.2.2 Prenatal Diagnosis 115 6.4.2.3 Pre]implantation Genetic Diagnosis 116 6.4.2.4 Saviour Siblings: A Very Special Case 118 6.4.2.5 Where Next? 119 6.4.3 Genetic Screening 120 6.4.4 The Possibility of Genetic Discrimination 124 6.4.5 Community]Wide Genome Sequencing 125 6.4.6 Direct]to]Consumer Genome Analysis 127 6.4.7 The Burden of Genetic Knowledge 129 6.4.8 A Promise Unfulfilled? 130 6.5 Genetic Modification of Humans: Fact or Fiction? 131 6.5.1 Introduction 131 6.5.2 Somatic Cell Gene Therapy 131 6.5.3 Germ]Line Gene Therapy 133 6.5.4 Genetic Enhancement and Designer Babies 135 6.5.5 Genome Editing 138 6.6 A Gene for This and a Gene for That 140 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 141 7 Transhumanism 143 7.1 Introduction 143 7.2 From Wooden Legs to Would]Be Cyborgs 144 7.3 Mind and Matter 149 7.4 Stronger, Fitter, Faster, Cleverer: Biological Aspects of Transhumanism 152 7.4.1 Genetic Modification 152 7.4.2 Life Extension 153 7.4.3 Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Enhancement 154 7.5 Military Applications 156 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 157 8 Decisions at the End of Life: When May I Die and When Am I Dead? 159 8.1 Introduction: Four Important Examples to Inform Our Thinking 159 8.1.1 Charlotte Wyatt 159 8.1.2 Mark Sanderson 161 8.1.3 King George V 161 8.1.4 Reginald Crew 161 8.2 How Did We Get Here? 162 8.3 What Is Euthanasia? 163 8.3.1 Introduction 163 8.3.2 Euthanasia 163 8.3.3 Is Assisted Suicide Different? 164 8.4 Case for Assisted Dying 164 8.4.1 Openness 164 8.4.2 Necessity 165 8.4.3 Autonomy 165 8.5 The Arguments against Assisted Dying 166 8.5.1 Controlling Pain and Suffering 166 8.5.2 The Downside of Autonomy 166 8.6 The Debate Continues: Will the Law Ever Be Changed? 168 8.7 When Should Medical Treatment Be Withheld or Withdrawn? 172 8.7.1 Introduction 172 8.7.2 The Right to Refuse Treatment 173 8.7.3 Making Decisions for People Who Cannot Make Them for Themselves 173 8.7.4 The Liverpool Care Pathway 176 8.8 Concluding Remarks 176 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 177 Part III Biotechnology 179 9 Genetic Modification and Synthetic Biology 181 9.1 Introduction 181 9.2 Ethical Aspects of Genetic Modification 182 9.2.1 Introduction 182 9.2.2 Ethical Analysis of Genetic Modification 182 9.2.3 Risks Associated with Genetic Modification 183 9.2.4 Possible Misuse of Genetic Modification 186 9.3 Pharmaceuticals 187 9.4 Genetic Modification of Animals 190 9.4.1 Introduction 190 9.4.2 Scientific Background 190 9.4.3 Applications of Animal Genetic Modification 191 9.4.4 Animal GM and Animal Welfare Issues 192 9.5 Research Uses of Genetic Modification 193 9.6 Gene and Genome Editing 195 9.6.1 Introduction 195 9.6.2 The CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing System 196 9.7 Synthetic Biology 197 9.7.1 Introduction 197 9.7.2 What Is Synthetic Biology? 198 9.7.3 Applications of Synthetic Biology 200 9.7.4 Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology 201 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 202 10 Genetic Modification of Plants 205 10.1 Introduction and Definitions 205 10.2 Back to the Beginning 206 10.3 Basic Methodology 208 10.4 The Debate 209 10.4.1 Introduction 209 10.4.2 Conducting the Debate 210 10.4.3 The Key Issues 213 10.4.3.1 Intrinsic Objections 213 10.4.3.2 Risk 214 10.4.4 The Debate Continues 217 10.4.5 Genome Editing: A Special Case? 222 10.5 GM Crops: Is a Different Approach Possible? 223 10.6 Closing Comments: Consumer Choice 224 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 226 11 Genes: Some Wider Issues 229 11.1 Introduction 229 11.2 Crop GM Technology, World Trade and Global Justice 231 11.3 Gene Patenting 235 11.3.1 Gene Patents in Crop GM Technology 235 11.3.2 Gene Patents and Medical Genetics 236 11.4 Genetic Piracy 238 11.5 DNA Fingerprinting and DNA Databases 243 11.5.1 Introduction 243 11.5.2 Applications of DNA Fingerprinting 243 11.5.3 DNA Databases 245 11.6 Concluding Remarks 246 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 246 12 Biofuels and Bioenergy: Environmental and Ethical Aspects 249 12.1 Introduction 249 12.2 Biofuels: A Brief Survey 251 12.3 Biofuels: Ethical Issues 254 12.3.1 Introduction 254 12.3.2 Can Biofuels Be Produced without Affecting Food Production? 254 12.3.3 Is Growth of Biofuel Crops Sustainable? 258 12.3.4 Biofuel Production and Land Allocation 259 12.4 Concluding Comment 261 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 261 Part IV Humans and the Biosphere 263 13 Humans and Non]human Animals 265 13.1 Introduction 265 13.2 Humankind’s Place in the Animal Kingdom 266 13.3 Human Use of Animals: An Overview 267 13.3.1 Historic and Present]Day Perspectives 267 13.3.2 ‘Speciesism’ 270 13.4 Vivisection and the Use of Animals in Research 271 13.4.1 Definitions, Laws and Numbers 271 13.4.2 Reasons for Experimenting on Animals 272 13.4.3 All Animals Are Equal, or Are They? 274 13.5 The Ethics of Animal Research 274 13.6 Animals in Sport, Companionship, Leisure and Fashion 277 13.6.1 Sport 277 13.6.2 Companion Animals and Pets 278 13.6.3 Fashion and Fur 279 13.7 Working Animals 279 13.8 Animals for Food 280 13.9 Concluding Comments 282 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 283 14 The Environmental Crisis: Not Just about Climate 285 14.1 Introduction 285 14.2 Environmental Damage: It’s a Fivefold Problem 287 14.2.1 Introduction 287 14.2.2 Environmental Pollution 287 14.2.3 Environmental Degradation 290 14.2.4 Loss of Habitat and of Biodiversity 291 14.2.5 Over]exploitation of Earth’s Resources 293 14.2.6 Pause for Reflection 294 14.3 Climate Change 295 14.3.1 Introduction 295 14.3.2 Sea Levels 297 14.3.3 How Much Can We Cope With? 298 14.3.4 Fuels and Energy Sources 299 14.3.5 Resilience 302 14.3.6 The Future 302 14.4 Valuing the Environment 305 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 310 15 Planet and Population 311 15.1 Introduction: The Anthropocene 311 15.2 How Many? 312 15.3 How Many Can We Feed? 313 15.3.1 Agricultural and Scientific Aspects 313 15.3.2 Social and Societal Aspects 316 15.3.3 War 317 15.4 How Many Is Too Many? 318 15.5 Water 319 15.6 Concluding Comments 321 Key References and Suggestions for Further Reading 323

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Book SynopsisThe Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions.Trade Review"The book's foremost strength is its willingness to address the challenging social justice issues which those on the libertarian side of the transhumanist movement might otherwise overlook. Also greatly commendable is the varied array of material the authors summon to make their case. Accordingly, anyone who identifies with the need for future collectivist and democratic (as opposed to the typical market-driven) strategies for human enhancement, will undoubtedly find this text a well-informed 21st century starting point." - Sociological ImaginationTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Precautionary and Proactionary as the 21st Century's Defining Ideological Polarity 2. Proactionary Theology: Discovering the Art of God-Playing 3. Proactionary Biology: Recovering the Science of Eugenics 4. A Legal Framework for the Proactionary Principle The Proactionary Manifesto

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Book SynopsisWhat is Religious Ethics? An Introduction is an accessible and informative overview to major themes and methods in religious ethics. This concise and lively book demonstrates the relevance and importance of ethics based in religious traditions and describes how scholars of religious ethics think through moral problems. Combining an issues-based approach with a model of studying ethics religion-by-religion, this volume examines pressing topics through a variety of belief systemsHinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Sikhismwhile also importantly spotlighting Indigenous communities. Engaging case studies invite readers to consider the role of religions with regard to issues such as: CRISPR Vegetarianism Nuclear weapons Women's leadership Reparations for slavery What is Religious Ethics? is a reliable and easily digestiblTrade Review"Irene Oh’s book provides a wonderfully clear introduction for students. I recommend it without reservation for courses dealing with religious approaches to moral and social issues." John Kelsay, Florida State University, USA"At a time when discussions about ethics often feel imprecise and debates over religious commitments heated, Irene Oh offers this even-handed and comprehensive account of how religion influences what we believe and how we live. Whether you consider yourself religious or not, reading What is Religious Ehics? is like having a seat in Irene Oh’s classroom. An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to religious ethics by a leading scholar in the field."Elizabeth Bucar, Northeastern University, USA"With clarity and concision, Irene Oh provides a sweeping overview of religious ethics, demonstrating its ancient roots and cutting-edge relevance. This book simultaneously attends to classic issues like authority and autonomy, as well as boldly addresses contemporary controversies like CRISPR, climate change and racism. A fantastic and much needed entree to the field."Jonathan K. Crane, Emory University – Center for Ethics, USATable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Moral Authority and Moral Influence 2. Biomedical Ethics 3. Climate Change and the Environment 4. Poverty and Wealth Disparity 5. War and Violence 6. Feminism, Sex, and Gender 7. Race, Racism, and Christianity 8. Who Are We? Diverse Voices in Religious Ethics Conclusion. Index

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Book SynopsisAdvances in genetics and related biotechnologies are having a profound effect on sport, raising important ethical questions about the limits and possibilities of the human body. Drawing on real case studies and grounded in rigorous scientific evidence, this book offers an ethical critique of current practices and explores the intersection of genetics, ethics and sport. Written by two of the world's leading authorities on the ethics of biotechnology in sport, the book addresses the philosophical implications of the latest scientific developments and technological data. Distinguishing fact from popular myth and science fiction, it covers key topics such as the genetic basis of sport performance and the role of genetic testing in talent identification and development. Its ten chapters discuss current debates surrounding issues such as the shifting relationship between genetics, sports medicine and sports science, gene enhancement, gene transfer technology, doping and disability Trade Review"Key reading and a central reference point for anyone who intends to enter the realm of sport bioethics … I believe that with Bioethics, Genetics and Sport we have one of those books that we will refer to as classics or capital works in the philosophy of sport."- Matija Mato Škerbić, University of Zagreb, idrottsforum.orgTable of ContentsPreface Part I: Genethics, Sports Medicine and Sports Science1. The Nature of Genetics and Its Place in Medicine and Sport 2. What Role for Genetic Testing in Sport? 3. Genetic Testing for Talent Identification and Development 4. Biobanking in Sport: Governance and Ethics 5. Gene Transfer, Gene Enhancement and Gene Doping: Distinguishing Science from Science Fiction Part II: Enhancement, Therapy, and the Ethical Construction of Categories in Sport 6. Enhancement, Doping and the Spirit of Sport 7. A Case Study In ‘Gene Enhancement’: Gene Transfer to Raise the Tolerance to Pain: A Legitimate Mode of Enhancement, or Illegitimate Doping? 8. On the Eligibility of Female Athletes with Hyperandrogenism to Compete: Athleticism, Medicalisation and Testosterone 9. Congenital and Acquired Disabilities: What Counts as Unfair Advantage in the Paralympics? 10. The Re-Inscription of the Concept of Biological Race Through Sport in Society Epilogue

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Book SynopsisBringing the concept of contamination into dialogue with affect theory and bioart, Agnieszka Wolodzko urges us to rethink our relationship with ourselves, each other and other organisms. Thinking through the lens of contamination, this book provides an innovative approach to understanding the leaky, porous and visceral nature of our bodies and their endless interrelationships and, in doing so, uncovers new ways for thinking about embodiment. Affect theory has long been interested in transmission or contagion but, inspired by Spinoza and Deleuze, Affect as Contamination goes further, as contamination is concerned with the materiality of bodies and their affective encounter with other matter. This brings urgency to the notion of affect, not only for bioart that works with risky bodies but also for understanding how to practise our bodies in the age of biotechnological manipulation and governance. Using challenging and transgressive bioart projects as provocative case studiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword 1. Affect as Contamination 2. Contaminant B like the Blood of a Horse 3. Contaminant T like a Taste of Smog 4. Contaminant O like Organs of Multibody 5. Contaminant V like a Vastal Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the interconnectedness of human health, biodiversity, and bioethics. We all depend on environmental biodiversity for clean air, safe water, adequate nutrition, effective drugs, and protection from infectious diseases. Today's healthcare experts and policymakers are keenly aware that biodiversity is one of the crucial determinants of healthnot only for individuals but also for the human population of the planet. Unfortunately, rapid globalization and ongoing environmental degradation mean that biodiversity is rapidly deteriorating, threatening planetary health on a mass scale. In Wounded Planet, Henk A.M.J. ten Have argues that the ethical debate about healthcare has become too narrow and individualized. We must, he writes, adopt a new bioethical discourseone that deals with issues of justice, equality, vulnerability, human rights, and solidarityin order to adequately reflect the serious threat that current loss of biodiversity poses to planetary health. Exploring modern eTable of ContentsPreface 1. Global Bioethics and the Environment2. Biodiversity 3. Health 4. Disease 5. Drugs 6. Food 7. Water 8. Global Bioethics in PracticeNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book delves into medico-legal history, travelling back in time to explore English law’s fascinating and often acrimonious relationship with healing and healers.Challenging assumptions that medical law is a recent development, Law and healing traces the regulation of healers from the Church's dominance to legal battles fought among medical practitioners. As well as considering the history of the regulation of healers, this book addresses moral issues such as abortion, bodily sovereignty, and the use of cadavers in research. It highlights how fundamental legal and ethical questions continue to resurface, for example, from controversy in the Renaissance over human dissection to modern-day debates about organ donation. Law and healing provides a colourful but critical account of the longstanding – and often fraught – relationship between two fundamental pillars of human society.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Medico-legal history: why bother?2 Medical brethren3 ‘Unruly brethren’: regulation and reputation4 The bumpy road to the General Medical Council5 Medical litigation6 Human life, common law and Christianity7 Your living body: ‘temple of the soul’8 Reproductive bodies: mothers, midwives and morals9 The not (yet) born child10 Honouring the dead: commodifying the corpsePostscriptIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book presents theoretical and applied issues including ethical theory, moral, social, political, and legal philosophy. Issues include: biology and medicine, business, education, environment, government, mass media, science, agriculture and food production, and religion.

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Book SynopsisOffering a compendium of case studies in bioethics, Choosing Well demonstrates real ethical dilemmas that can occur in health care settings. Instructors can draw upon the scenarios in this concise and highly effective resource to encourage analysis, critique, discussion, and debate of hot-button ethical issues.The authors present a diverse selection of complex case studies in bioethics to stimulate in-depth analysis on topics ranging from distributive justice, research ethics, reproductive technologies, abortion, and death and dying, to the health care professional–patient relationship and ethics in the workplace. The text also features case studies that move through time to reflect real-life decision making and cases that present multiple perspectives to illustrate the challenges that can arise from disputes in health care settings. Utilizing the DECIDED strategy for analyzing case studies, instructors can guide students through the steps needed to work through a wide variety of ethical dilemmas and encourage reflection on their own ethical assumptions.Accessible, practical, and highly engaging, Choosing Well offers a helpful and interesting way to explore central issues in contemporary bioethics, making it an indispensable resource for instructors and students of bioethics, biomedical ethics, and health care ethics.Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: An Introduction to Ethics, Case Studies, and Bioethical Principles Chapter 2: The DECIDED Strategy for Working Through Case Studies in Bioethics Chapter 3: Case Studies on Ethics in the Workplace Chapter 4: Case Studies on Distributive Justice Chapter 5: Case Studies on the Health Care Professional–Patient Relationship Chapter 6: Case Studies on Research Ethics Chapter 7: Case Studies on Reproductive Technologies Chapter 8: Case Studies on the Genetic Revolution Chapter 9: Case Studies on Abortion and Maternal–Fetal Conflicts Chapter 10: Case Studies on Death and Dying Chapter 11: Case Studies on Organs and Tissues: Procurement and Transplantation Chapter 12: Case Studies on Medical Paradigms and Non-Standard Treatment Chapter 13: Case Studies That Move Through Time Chapter 14: Case Studies Told from Multiple Perspectives Appendix A: Alternative Case Study Guidelines Appendix B: The Role of Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, and the Law in Bioethics Appendix C: Two Case Studies Analyzed Using the DECIDED Strategy Glossary

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Book SynopsisWhat will it mean for society if science enables us to choose a future child whose health, athletic ability or intelligence is predetermined? This future is becoming ever more likely with the latest developments in human reproduction -- but concerns are growing about the implications. New procedures making possible heritable genetic modifications such as genome editing open the door to ‘sanitized’ selective eugenics; but these practices have some unnerving similarities to the discredited eugenic programmes of early twentieth-century regimes. A Christian perspective based on Scripture gives us the resources we urgently need to evaluate both current and future selection practices. Calum MacKellar offers an accessible, inter-disciplinary analysis, blending science, history and Christian theology. This book will enable you to become fully informed about the new scientific developments in human reproduction – developments that will affect us all.Trade ReviewMost people will be totally unaware of the dark legacy of eugenics in the UK, let alone in the rest of Europe and the US. MacKellar is probably the world’s most clear-sighted Christian exponent of this history and its modern counterpart – the new eugenics. It presents its apparently benign face throughout the National Health Service in the UK, but beneath the surface are issues that all of us need to know about. This book is a lucid, balanced and unique guide to help discern the truly therapeutic from the eugenic. * Trevor Stammers, Associate Professor and Director, Centre fo Bioethics and Emerging Technologies, St Mary's University, Twickenham, London *

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Book SynopsisThis textbook untangles the complicated ethical dilemmas that arise during the day-to-day work of healthcare chaplaincy, and offers a sturdy but flexible framework which chaplains can use to reflect on their own practice.Tackling essential issues such as consent, life support, abortion, beginning and end of life and human dignity, it enables chaplains to tease out the ethical implications of situations they encounter, to educate themselves on relevant legal matters and to engage with different ethical viewpoints. The book combines case studies of familiar scenarios with thorough information on legal matters, while providing ample opportunity for workplace reflection and offering guidance as to how chaplains can best support patients and their families while preserving their own integrity and well-being. Clear, sensitive and user-friendly, this will be an indispensable resource for healthcare chaplains and all healthcare professionals interested in spiritual care.Trade ReviewA wonderfully clear example of applied ethics, very much written with the working Chaplain in mind. I expect we will see a copy on the shelves of most acute Chaplaincy Departments, and I would specifically commend to those from a Christian tradition considering Chaplaincy as a vocation to read cover to cover. Packed with useful guidance on tricky issues, it also engages the reader on a self-reflective journey through the gamut of ethical challenges we may encounter in acute hospitals. All in all, a real contribution to our Chaplaincy toolkit. -- Dr Simon Harrison (President, CHCC)Ethical Questions in Healthcare Chaplaincy is a an invaluable tool with which to think about the many challenging pastoral situations a chaplain may encounter. Its use of different scenarios and related questions helps the chaplain reflect on what he sees, to think critically about his response and thereby improve his care and support of those to whom he ministers.Having previously worked full time as a hospital chaplain for 11 years I only wish this book had been available then. -- Bishop Paul MasonPia Matthews has written a timely and informative book that speaks directly to its readers.This book is to be commended for its breadth and the straightforwardness of its discussion. It could valuably be shared with all chaplaincy volunteers and is essential reading for anyone who finds themselves working for the first time as a healthcare chaplain. -- Caroline Worsfold * The Way, a Journal of Christian Spirituality published by the British Jesuits *Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Basics. 2. The Dignity of the Human Person. 3. Autonomy, Consent, Refusing Treatment and Boundaries. 4. Ethics and Non-autonomous Patients. 5. Confidentiality, Privacy, Data Protection, Truth Telling and Trust. 6. Ethical Issues at the Beginning of Life. 7. Ethical Issues about Babies, Children and Young Adults. 8. Ethical Issues at the End of Life. 9. Dying and Death: Ethical Issues. 10. Loss, Grief and Bereavement, Burn-out and the Wounded Healer. 11. Conscientious Objection and Loyalties. Resources.

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