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Springer Philosophy of Medicine and Bioethics
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Springer Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity
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Springer Infertility
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Springer The future of DNA Proceedings of an international If gene conference on presuppositions in science and expectations in society held at the Goetheanum Dornach Switzerland 2nd 5th October 1996
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Springer John Gregory and the Invention of Professional Medical Ethics and the Profession of Medicine
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Springer Consensus Formation in Healthcare Ethics
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Springer John Gregorys Writings on Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine
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Springer Ownership of the Human Body
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Springer Asking to Die Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia
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Springer The Ethics of Genetic Screening 1 Library of Medical Ethics Theoretical Medicine
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Springer Confucian Bioethics 61 Philosophy and Medicine
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Springer Building Bioethics
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Springer Ethical Issues in Health Care on the Frontiers of the TwentyFirst Century
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Springer Medical Challenges for the New Millennium
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Springer Inscribed Bodies Health Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse
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Springer Ethics Medical Research and Medicine Commercialism versus Environmentalism and Social Justice
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Springer Ethics Medical Research and Medicine Commercialism Versus Environmentalism and Social Justice
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Sacred Cows and Golden Geese The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals
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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Vanderbilt University Press Politics and the Human Body
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Cambridge University Press Trust in Medicine
Book SynopsisOver the past decades, public trust in medical professionals has steadily declined. This decline of trust and its replacement by ever tighter regulations is increasingly frustrating physicians. However, most discussions of trust are either abstract philosophical discussions or social science investigations not easily accessible to clinicians. The authors, one a surgeon-turned-philosopher, the other an analytical philosopher working in medical ethics, joined their expertise to write a book which straddles the gap between the practical and theoretical. Using an approach grounded in the methods of conceptual analysis found in analytical philosophy which also draws from approaches to medical diagnosis, the authors have conceived an internally coherent and comprehensive definition of trust to help elucidate the concept and explain its decline in the medical context. This book should appeal to all interested in the ongoing debate about the decline of trust - be it as medical professionals, medical ethicists, medical lawyers, or philosophers.Trade Review'Is a lack of trust in your doctor bad for your health? This book examines this question and the nature of trust. While doctors haven't become more fallible, trust in them is said to be declining. Is this decline real or imaginary, and what is responsible? How can trust be restored? The authors leave no stone unturned in answering these questions and exploring the interplay between expectation, risk and competence.' Daniel Simmen, Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich'This book, Trust in Medicine: Its Nature, Justification, Significance, and Decline, is now the starting point for all future work on trust in medicine. It is a significant and original contribution to the analysis and understanding of the concept of trust and its proper role in patient care. The collaboration between the authors, a physician and a philosopher, mean that the discussion is both theoretically rich but always tied to the realities of modern health care. This is exemplary bioethics, advancing the field and stimulating new avenues for future scholarship.' Angus Dawson, The University of Sydney'I thoroughly enjoyed reading Trust in Medicine: Its Nature, Justification, Significance, and Decline by Wolfensberger and Wrigley. It is a very clear example of how to do philosophical bioethics that engages closely with the empirical context and with practical clinical issues. The book thoroughly considers the philosophical literature on Trust and then, in a careful and strategic manner applies the lessons of that literature to the clinical context and the doctor- patient relationship. It is an extended piece of bioethics that will engage and challenge philosophers, bioethicists and clinicians. When we imagine applied philosophical bioethics, this is the kind of work that should come to mind.' Mark Sheehan, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; 2. Empirical evidence for the decline of trust; Part II. The Nature of Trust: 3. A critical analysis of existing definitions of trust in medicine; 4. Proposing a new type of definition: the pattern-based definition; 5. A Pattern-based definition of trust; 6. Differentiating trust from related concepts; 7. Adapting the definition of trust to different situations; Part III. Justification of Trust: 8. Justification of epistemic trust; 9. Justification of patients' trust in physicians; Part IV. Significance of Trust: 10. Instrumental utility of trust; 11. The moral value of trust; Part V. The Decline of Trust: 12. Reasons for the decline of trust; Part VI. Perspectives: 13. Can we restore trust? List of references; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Ethics and Animals
Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive updated introduction to animal ethics, Lori Gruen weaves together poignant and provocative case studies with discussions of ethical theory, urging readers to engage critically and reflect empathetically on our relationships with other animals. In clear and accessible language, Gruen discusses a range of issues central to human-animal relations and offers a reasoned new perspective on key debates in the field. She analyses and explains a range of theoretical positions and poses challenging questions that directly encourage readers to hone their ethical reasoning skills and to develop a defensible position about their own practices. Her book will be an invaluable resource for students in a wide range of disciplines including ethics, environmental studies, veterinary science, gender studies, and the emerging field of animal studies. The book is an engaging account of animal ethics for readers with no prior background in philosophy.Trade Review'Ethics and Animals is a wonderfully readable introduction to the range of issues that come under that heading. Lori Gruen is not only a fine philosopher, but also a person with genuine empathy for animals, and the ability to express that in writing.' Peter Singer, Princeton University and University of Melbourne'If you only read one book about animal ethics, this should be the one. Simultaneously broad and deep, accessible and engaging, Ethics and Animals will help you think through the multiplicity of ways that people have tried to justify using animals, and importantly, raises crucial challenges to those justifications. This book will help you think better about human relationships with animals.' Pattrice Jones, Co-founder of VINE SanctuaryTable of Contents1. Why animals matter; 2. The natural and the normative; 3. Eating animals; 4. Experimenting with animals; 5. Dilemmas of captivity; 6. Animals in the wild; 7. Action for Animals.
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Palgrave Macmillan The Proactionary Imperative A Foundation for Transhumanism
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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IGI Global Perspectives on Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
Book SynopsisCybersecurity has emerged to address the need for connectivity and seamless integration with other devices and vulnerability assessment to find loopholes. However, there are potential challenges ahead in meeting the growing need for cybersecurity. This includes design and implementation challenges, application connectivity, data gathering, cyber-attacks, and cyberspace analysis. Perspectives on Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing familiarizes readers with in-depth and professional hacking and vulnerability scanning subjects. The book discusses each of the processes and tools systematically and logically so that the reader can see how the data from each tool may be fully exploited in the penetration test's succeeding stages. This procedure enables readers to observe how the research instruments and phases interact. This book provides a high level of understanding of the emerging technologies in penetration testing, cyber-attacks, and ethical hacking and offers the potential of acquiring and processing a tremendous amount of data from the physical world. Covering topics such as cybercrimes, digital forensics, and wireless hacking, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for cybersecurity professionals, IT managers, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
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IntechOpen Global Bioethics
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Rhubarb Bridge Ltd Birth Tech
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Springer Physicians and Nurses in the Dutch Armed Forces
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Professional identity.- Chapter 3. Dutch involvement in peacekeeping, peace-enforcing, and humanitarian missions.- Chapter 4. Pre-deployment phase: transitions, preparations, tensions.- Chapter 5. Military deployment: Confrontation with the conflict zone, scarcity, danger, and triage.- Chapter 6. Military deployment: The military organisational and social culture.- Chapter 7. Ethical dilemmas, coping mechanisms & professional autonomy.- Chapter 8. Post-deployment: Lessons identified, lessons learned, and the giving of meaning.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.
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Palgrave Macmillan Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals
Book Synopsis1 About This Book.- 1.1 How This Book Came into Existence.- 1.2 How This Book Contributes to the Literature.- 1.3 Who Might Find Value in This Book and How to Read This Book.- 1.4 How This Book is Structured.- 2 Preliminary Metareflections.- 2.1 On the Language Used in This Book and on Language and Animal Ethics in General.- 2.2 Metaethics.- 2.3 Ethical Principles.- 3 Historic and Current Discussions about Nonhuman Animal Rights Welfarism vs. Abolitionism, Utilitarianism, Deontological Positions, Feminist Animal Ethics, and the Political Turn.- 4 Technological Innovation(,) and Moral Progress.- 4.1 From a Speciesist World to a Multispecies Society: How Technological Innovation Might Enable Moral Progress.- 4.2 Four Pillars of Nonhuman Animal Rights: Empathy, Justice, Inherent Value of Life, Knowledge.- 4.3 Moral Outrage and the Holocaust Analogy.- 5 Developing Declarations of Nonhuman Animal Rights.- 5.1 Why Do We Need Declarations of Nonhuman Animal Rights and How Could We Develop Them?.- 5.2 The Historical Emergence of Human Animal Rights.- 5.3 What Animal Ethics Can Learn from Disability Studies.- 5.3.1 The Argument of Species Overlap6 Central Concepts: Needs, Capabilities, Interests, and Rights.- 6.1 Needs.- 6.2 Interests.- 6.3 Capabilities and Telos.- 6.3.1 Martha Nussbaum's Capability Approach.- 6.4 Interference in the Needs, Capabilities, and Interests of Sentient Beings.- 7 Imagining a Just Multispecies Society - May All Beings Be Happy and Free of Suffering?.-8 Possible Future Universal Declarations of Nonhuman Animal Rights.- 8.1 Overview of the Articles.- 8.2 Article 1: All Individuals are Born Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights On the Dignity of (Non)Human Animals, the Value of Life.- 8.3 Article 2: The Right to Life.- 8.3.1 But what about Plants?.- 9 The Empirical Status Quo of the Right to Life (in Austria).- 10 Excursus: Norbert Hoerster, Nonhuman Animal Interests, and the Right to Life.- 11 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 1).- 11.1 Article 3: Right to Freedom.- 11.2 Article 4: Right to Safety/Physical Integrity; Prohibition of Torture.- 12 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 2).- 12.1 Article 5: Right to Recognition as a Person/(Legal) Subject Before the Law.- 12.1.1 Are There Nonhuman Animal Persons? The Concept of Personhood and its Ethical Relevance.- 12.1.2 The Great Ape Project by Cavalieri and Singer.- 12.1.3 Whale Rights.- 12.1.4 The Nonhuman Rights Project Around Steven M. Wise.- 13 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 3).- 13.1 Article 6: Right to a Human Guardian, a Legal Remedy, and an Indirect Right of Legal Action.- 13.1.1 The Case of Mathias Hiasl Pan.- 14 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 4).- 14.1 Article 7: Right to Love, Sexuality, Procreation, Pair-Building, Family, and Friendships.- 14.1.1 Right to Love, Sexuality, Procreation, Pair-Building, Family, and Friendships for Disabled Humans.- 14.1.2 Right to Love, Sexuality, Procreation, Pair-Building, Family, and Friendships for Nonhuman Animals.- 15 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 5).- 15.1 Article 8: Right to Property: Ownership, Stewardship, or Burning Down the Forest?.- 15.2 But What About Wild Animal Suffering?.-16 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 6).- 16.1 Article 9: Right to Macropolitical Consideration and Micro-Political Participation.- 16.1.1 Political Consideration in the Macropolis.- 16.1.2 Political Participation in the Micropolis.- 17 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 7).- 17.1 Article 10: Right to Education.- 17.2 Article 11: Right to Work.- 17.3 Article 12: Right to an Adequate Standard of Living and to Certain Social Benefits (Protection in Case of Unemployment and Disability, Entitlement to Pension).- 18 Conclusion and Outlook.
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Palgrave Macmillan Animals Empathy and Anthropomorphism
Book Synopsis1 Introduction: Limits, Possibilities, and Bats.- Part I The Limits of Imagination.- 2 The Challenge of Otherness: J.M. Coetzee vs Thomas Nagel.- 3 The Just and Loving Gaze of the Poet: Animals and Poetry.- 4 The Pitfalls of Embodiment: Imagination, Disability, Animality.- Part II The Limits of Empathy.- 5 Sympathy, Empathy, & Co.: Moral Sentimentalism and Its Discontents.- 6 Feeling One’s Way in an Intersubjective World: Phenomenology of Empathy.- 7 Listening to What the (Animal) Other is Saying: Empathy and Care.- Part III The Limits of Anthropomorphism.- 8 If a Chimp Could Talk: On the Advantages and Limits of Primatomorphism.- 9 Tentacular Logocentrism: Octopus Minds and Human Imagination.- 10 The Back of the Snake, or, Face to Face with the Other.- Epilogue: Batmom’s “World”-Traveling in Nonhuman Umwelten.
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Palgrave Macmillan Animals in Literary Education
Book SynopsisChapter 1 Introduction: Towards a Counter-Anthropocentric Multispecies Literacy.- Chapter 2 Navigating the Webs of Empathy in Charlotte’s Web.- Chapter 3 Beyond Literary Anthropocentrism: Reading and Teaching Animal Farm Beyond the Anthropo-allegorical Frame.- Chapter 4 In Search of the Better Story: Confronting the Anthropo-allegorical Limits of Humanism in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi.- Chapter 5 Affective Anthropomorphic Visions: Global Neoliberal Ecocide and Animal Capital in Barbara Gowdy’s The White Bone and Bong Joon-Ho’s Okja.- Chapter 6 Conclusion.
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Palgrave Macmillan Animal Conservation Ethics and the Population Problem
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Part I Conservation Biology: Meaning and Metaphysics.- Chapter 2. The Meaning of Conservation Biology.- Chapter 3. Large Versus Small Wholes.- Chapter 4. The “Soft” View of Populations.- Part II Ethics and Conservation.- Chapter 5. Killing and Conservation: A Case Study of the Gray Wolf.- Chapter 6. Questioning Killing .- Chapter 7. Balancing Welfare and Ecology.- Chapter 8. The Alien Encounter Thought Experiment.- Part III Practice.- Chapter 9. Wildlife Rehabilitation: Background.- Chapter 10. Minnesota Rehab: A Tale of Two Centers.- Chapter 11. Participant Observation and Reflections on Rehabbing.- Chapter 12. Discussion and Conclusion: From Metaphysician to Physician.
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Palgrave Macmillan Yoga and Animal Ethics
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Palgrave Macmillan Animals in Premodern Japan
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Part I Ando Shoeki’s Animals.- Chapter 2. Ando Shoeki.- Chapter 3. Animals in Premodern Japan.- Part II Annotated Translations: Kinju Kan.- Chapter 4. Rikuchiku.- Chapter 5. Birds.- Chapter 6. Quadrupeds.- Chapter 7. Crawling Creatures.- Chapter 8. Fish.- Animal Classification and Animal Ethics.- Chapter 9. Concluding Outlook.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Reconfiguring Human Autonomy
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De Gruyter Gelingende Geburt
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De Gruyter Artificial Intelligence and Human Enhancement: Affirmative and Critical Approaches in the Humanities
Book SynopsisThe technological innovations that have made "learning" computers possible are being met with utopian hopes as well as apocalyptic apprehensions. Will AI research eventually lead to software systems that have consciousness and are capable of autonomous decision making? The essays challenge "strong AI" from the perspective of human agency and moral judgment, explain the categorical difference between vulnerable humans and AI devices, and discuss diverse forms of applied AI, such as prograns of natural language processing, computional creativity, neuroenhancement, and the use of AI in international healthcare. These theoretical issues are illustrated in essays that focus on the encounter with artificial beings in film, literature and theater. Examining science fiction that blurs the borderline between humans and deep-learning androids, the essays explore, and challenge, ways of questioning human exceptionalism, for instance by visualizing non-conscious cognition and sentience. The book suggests a sober distinction between well-argued achievements of digital technology and excessive, unfounded expectations.
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de Gruyter Bioethics and Racism
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Springer VS Reproduktionszukünfte
Book SynopsisWho is the father? The medicalization of fatherhood since the 18th century.- Familie im Wandel.- Soziostrukturelle und -kulturelle Einflussfaktoren auf Einstellungsmuster zu assistierter Reproduktion.- Elterliche Verantwortung als moralischer Bewertungsmaßstab reproduktionsmedizinischer Verfahren.- Was war, was ist und was werden könnte: Frauenpaare in der Reproduktionsmedizin in Deutschland Familie im Wandel.- Trans* reproductive justice and assisted reproduction in Germany where are we now, where are we heading?.- Ektogenese Wundermittel für Geschlechtergerechtigkeit?.- Chancen und Risiken der Ektogestation. Eine Betrachtung durch Konzepte der reproduktiven Autonomie und reproduktiver Gerechtigkeit.- Späte (Mutter-)Elternschaft - Medizinethische Perspektiven.- Über den moralischen Status von humanisierten Tieren. Mensch-Tier-Mischwesen: Wann ist dieses wie viel Mensch?.
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Brill Scratching the Surface of Bioethics
Book SynopsisIs bioethics only about medicine and health care? Law? Philosophy? Social issues? No, on all accounts. It embraces all these and more. In this book, fifteen notable scholars from the North West of England critically explore the main approaches to bioethics—and make a scratch on its polished surface.Trade Review"Well written and very readable … can [chapters] can be read either as stand-alone papers or as part of the whole. Despite its title the book does more then ‘scratch the surface’ of bioethics. … while a background knowledge of the main arguments and better known writings in bioethics is definitely a help, the volume may also be useful for those making their first tentative steps in the vast array of academic literature in this field." - in: Bulletin of Medical Ethics, No. 204 (December 2004/January 2005) "The book contains several chapters that echo the practical ethical concerns that health professionals confront in their work. They do more than just ‘scratch the surface of bioethics’ and make the book as a whole a useful addition to the libraries of health professionals" - in: Nursing Ethics 11(3) (2004) "If the discipline of ethics can have its ‘metaethics’, then the discipline of bioethics can have its ‘metabioethics’. This book would be a notable contribution to such a discipline … an excellent collection of essays which are accessibly written, relatively short, and highly thought provoking. Clinicians, caring professionals, philosophers, and students who have some familiarity with the bioethical literature will gain greatly from reading it. If the maturity of a discipline is evidenced by its willingness to reflect on its own assumptions and methods, then this book is a mark of such maturity in bioethics." - in: Metapsychology (Dec. 2003)Table of ContentsForeword by Michael Parker Preface Introduction Matti HÄYRY and Tuija TAKALA: What is Bioethics All About? A Start ONE Rebecca BENNETT and Alan CRIBB: The Relevance of Empirical Research to Bioethics: Reviewing the Debate TWO Mairi LEVITT: Better Together? Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics THREE Tuija TAKALA: The Role of Sense and Sensibility in Bioethics FOUR Eve GARRARD and Stephen WILKINSON: Does Bioethics Need Moral Theory? FIVE Søren HOLM: “Parity of Reasoning” Arguments in Bioethics – Some Methodological Considerations SIX Harry LESSER: Anne Maclean’s Criticism of Bioethics SEVEN Peter HERISSONE-KELLY: The Principlist Approach to Bioethics, and its Stormy Journey Overseas EIGHT Charles A. ERIN: Who Needs “the Four Principles?” NINE Matti HÄYRY: Do Bioscientists Need Professional Ethics? TEN John HARRIS: Pro-Life is Anti-Life: The Problematic Claims of Pro-Life Positions in Ethics ELEVEN Simo VEHMAS: The Grounds for Preventing Impairments. A Critique TWELVE Mark P. SHEEHAN: Deflating Autonomy THIRTEEN Paul BARROW: Autonomy: Overworked and Under-Valued About the Editors and Contributors Index
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Brill The Moral Status of Persons: Perspectives on Bioethics
Book SynopsisThe advances in molecular biology and genetics, medicine and neurosciences, in ethology and environmental studies have put the concept of the person firmly on the philosophical agenda. Whereas earlier times seemed to have a clear understanding about the moral implications of personhood and its boundaries, today there is little consensus on such matters. Whether a patient in the last stages of Alzheimer's disease is still a person, or whether a human embryo is already a person are highly contentious issues. This book tackles the issue of personhood and its moral implications head-on. The thirteen essays are representative of the major strands in the current bioethical debate and offer new insights into humanity's moral standing, its foundations, and its implications for social interaction. While most of the essays approach the issue by drawing on the rich intellectual tradition of the West, others offer a cross-cultural perspective and make available for ethical consideration the philosophical resources and the wisdom of the East. The contributors to this book are highly recognized philosophers, ethicists, theologians, and professionals in health care and medicine from East Asia (China, Japan), Europe, and North America. The first part of the book probes the foundations of personhood. Examining critically the main theories on personhood in contemporary philosophy, the authors offer alternatives that better respond to contemporary challenges and their implications for bioethics. The focus of the second part is firmly on the Confucian relational concept of the person and on the social constitution of personhood in traditional Japanese culture. While the essays challenge the individualistic features of personhood in the Western tradition, they lay the foundations for a richer concept that holds great promise for the resolution of moral dilemmas in modern medicine and health care. The third part of the book enters into a dialogue with the Christian tradition and draws on its spiritual heritage in the search for answers to the contemporary challenges to human dignity and value. Its focus is on the Catholic social thought and Lutheran theology. The fourth part addresses the moral status of persons in view of specific issues such as the effects of brain injury, gene therapy, and human cloning on personhood. It extends the scope of research beyond human beings and inquires also into the moral status of animals.Trade Review"… offer[s] new and challenging perspectives on what a person is, not only by critically analysing a series of ideas in the bioethical discourse on personhood, but also drawing on the ethical legacies of Eastern cultures and Christianity… Few volumes in bioethics have such a diverse international authorship …[has] significantly expanded the intellectual horizons on the concept of personhood and thus made a valuable contribution to applied ethics in general … fascinating" - in: Medical Humanities Review, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2000)Table of ContentsEditorial Foreword. Acknowledgments. Gerhold K. BECKER: The Moral Status of Persons: Introduction. PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONHOOD. ONE Ruiping FAN: Can We Have a General Conception of Personhood in Bioethics? TWO Johannes H.C. SUN: Are All Human Beings Persons? THREE Michael QUANTE: Personal Identity as Basis for Autonomy. PART II: EASTERN PERSPECTIVES ON PERSONHOOD. FOUR Chad HANSEN: Why Chinese Thought is Not Individualistic: Answer 1 of n. FIVE Edwin HUI: Jen and Perichoresis: The Confucian and Christian Bases of the Relational Person. SIX Shin OHARA: We-Consciousness and Terminal Patients: Some Biomedical Reflections on Japanese Civil Religion. SEVEN Renzong QIU: Reshaping the Concept of Personhood: A Chinese Perspective. PART III: THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PERSONHOOD. EIGHT Dennis P. McCANN: “Made in the Image and Likeness of God”: The Concept of the Person in Catholic Social Teaching and Its Implications for Health Care Policy. NINE Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAF: “The Worth of a Person” - A Speciesist Prejudice? Theological Comments on the Current Controversy over Bioethical Concepts. PART IV: THE BOUNDARIES OF PERSONHOOD IN HEALTH CARE AND RESEARCH. TEN Ruth CHADWICK: Gene Therapy and Personal Identity. ELEVEN Jonathan K.L. CHAN: Human Cloning, Harm, and Personal Identity. TWELVE Derrick K.S. AU: Brain Injury, Brain Degeneration, and Loss of Personhood. THIRTEEN Elizabeth TELFER: Using and Benefitting Animals. About the Contributors. Index.
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Brill Bioethics: Latin American Perspectives
Book SynopsisThis book presents a unique view of the current state of development of bioethics in Latin America. Twelve Latin American thinkers who share a primary interest in bioethics address a vast range of questions, including autonomy, rights, justice, and the role of culture and religion in bioethics. These studies contribute to an understanding of Latin American thought, and they make possible a transcultural dialogue on bioethical issues.Table of ContentsArleen L.F. SALLES: Editorial Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: AUTONOMY AND THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS ONE Arleen L.F. SALLES: Autonomy and Culture: The Case of Latin America TWO: Margarita M. VALDES: Abortion and Contraception in Mexico: The Attitudes and the Arguments of the Catholic Church THREE Maria Victoria COSTA and Susana E. SOMMER: Women’s Reproductive Rights and Public Policy in Argentina FOUR Martin Diego FARRELL: Hastening Death PART II: JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE FIVE Paulette DIETERLEN: Some Philosophical Considerations on Mexico’s Education, Health, and Food Program SIX Maria Julia BERTOMEU and Graciela VIDIELLA: Moral Person and the Right to Health Care PART III: EXPERIMENTATION ON HUMAN SUBJECTS SEVEN Florencia LUNA: Research in Developing Countries: The Ethical Issues EIGHT Jose Roberto GOLDIM: Bioethics and Research in Brazil PART IV: ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE PROCUREMENT AND ALLOCATION OF ORGANS NINE Eduardo RIVERA LOPEZ: What Is (Exactly) Wrong with Selling Your Body Parts? TEN Maria Graciela de ORTUZAR: Interdisciplinary Ethics Committees for Determining Criteria of Organ Distribution Notes on Contributors Index
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Brill Bioethics and Social Reality
Book SynopsisThis book explores the many connections that bioethical thinking has with social reality. Bioethics, if it is to be effective, must engage with and address the actualities of modern life: policies, regulations, markets, opinions, and technological advances. In these original contributions fifteen notable scholars working in the North West of England take on this challenge. The series Values in Bioethics makes available original philosophical books in all areas of bioethics, including medical and nursing ethics, health care ethics, research ethics, environmental ethics, and global bioethics.Trade Review”This book should be of interest to a wide readership … Its main strength lies in the clear presentation of a number of controversial issues that impinge on current health care planning and practice.” in: Nursing Ethics 12(6), 2005Table of ContentsForeword by John Harris Preface Introduction Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala, and Peter Herissone-Kelly: The Social Reality of Bioethics ONE Harry LESSER: The Case of Back-Street Abortion TWO Doris SCHROEDER: Suicide, Self-Sacrifice, and the Duty to Die THREE Matti HÄYRY: Forget Autonomy and Give Me Freedom! FOUR Monique JONAS: Choosing Between Claims: Allocating Parental Responsibility in Surrogacy Disputes FIVE Tuija TAKALA: The Many Wrongs of Human Reproductive Cloning SIX Louise IRVING: The Problem of Intangibles SEVEN Eve GARRARD and Stephen WILKINSON: Mind the Gap: The Use of Empirical Evidence in Bioethics EIGHT Angus DAWSON: Informed Consent: Bioethical Ideal and Empirical Reality NINE Søren HOLM: What Empirical Bioethics Can Learn from Empirical Business Ethics TEN Jukka KILPI: On Corporate Ethical Responsibility, Stakeholder Value, and Strict Liability in Biotechnology ELEVEN Peter LUCAS: Perspectivism in Risk Management TWELVE Simon WOODS: Moral Progress THIRTEEN Mark SHEEHAN: Healthcare and (a Kind of) Virtue Ethics FOURTEEN Peter HERISSONE-KELLY: Bioethics, Rights-Based Consequentialism, and Social Reality About the Editors and Contributors Index
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Brill Cutting Through the Surface: Philosophical Approaches to Bioethics
Book SynopsisThis book examines the role of philosophy and philosophers in bioethics. Academics often see bioethical studies as too practical while decision makers tend to see them as too theoretical. The purpose of this collection of new essays by an international group of distinguished scholars is to explore the troubled relationship between theory and practice in the ethical assessment of medicine, health care, and new medical and genetic technologies. The book is divided into six parts. In the first part, philosophers consider the definition of bioethics, the nature of applied ethics more generally, and the possibility of combining utilitarian and liberal strands of thinking in moral and political studies. In the second part, authors discuss the place and justification of principles in bioethics and the significance of medical and nursing experience in moral decision making. The third part addresses the complementary (or contradictory, as the case may be) principles of dignity, autonomy, precaution, and solidarity, and their use in theoretical and practical settings. In the fourth part, public health measures and experimental research are defended against traditional moral concerns. Part five scrutinizes parental responsibilities in bearing and rearing children, especially the reasons for and against human reproduction in individual cases. In part six, enhancements to human nature by various means are analyzed. Following in the footsteps of four previous collections in the Values in Bioethics special series by the same editorial team—Scratching the Surface of Bioethics, Bioethics and Social Reality, Ethics in Biomedical Research, and Arguments and Analysis in Bioethics—this book, compiled in honor of Professor Matti Häyry’s 50th birthday, drills into the core of the discipline to show the philosophical depths that lie under the polished surface of policy-driven everyday bioethics.Trade Review"If the field of bioethics were music, then this book would certainly be rock’n’roll. It certainly rocks and it is rebellious. (…) And even if you are new to the party, you truly learn a lot, as all the authors take their time to thoroughly ground their ideas and arguments in an impressively coherent style. It is this coherent style that distinguishes this book from other loosely edited volumes. In this book, all 23 texts perfectly fit together." – in: Medical Health Care and Philosophy 13 (2010) "…covers quite a vast territory over the landscape of relevant issues in current bioethics. It does so whilst maintaining a high standard of rigorous argument and without superficial coverage. … The editors have fulfilled their promise to bring theory to bear on the real practical issues that affect people’s lives. As such it would be highly relevant not only to philosophers but also to members of the other disciplines that share this field of study, in particular, the health care professions." – in: MetascienceTable of ContentsForeword by Matti Häyry Preface Tuija Takala, Peter Herissone-Kelly, and Søren Holm: Introduction. Bioethics: What Lies Under the Surface? What is Bioethics and Where Should It Be Going? Sirkku K. Hellsten: Why “Definitions” Matter in Defining Bioethics? Sven Ove Hansson: Ethics Beyond Application Harry Lesser: Utilitarianism and Liberalism How To Do Bioethics? Veikko Launis: The Unbearable Lightness of Bioethical Principles Juha Räikkä: The Method of Wide Reflective Equilibrium in Bioethics Pekka Louhiala: But How Could They Know? Reflections on the Role of Philosophy and Philosophers in Medical Ethics Leila Toiviainen: Does Nursing Ethics Fit in with Philosophy and Bioethics? Dignity, Precaution, and Solidarity Simon Woods: Dignity: Yet Another Look Niall Scott: Autonomy (and a Little Bit of Dignity) in Bioethics Michael Parker and Paolo Vineis: Concepts and Definitions of the Precautionary Principle: An Ethical Analysis Vilhjálmur Árnason: Justice or Solidarity? Thinking about Nordic Prioritization in the Light of Rawls Søren Holm: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I’m 64? An Ethical Problem for the Modern Cosmopolitan Academic Tests and Experiments Margaret P. Battin, Charles B. Smith, Larry Reimer, Jay A. Jacobson, and Leslie P. Francis: Universal Rapid Testing for Infectious Disease in Airports and Places of Public Contact: A Thought Experiment about the Ethical Challenges John Harris: Pigs and Principles: The Use of Animals in Research Rosamond Rhodes: Research Ethics: A Decent Proposal Rationality, Morality, and Reproduction Floora Ruokonen and Simo Vehmas: Parental Responsibility and the Duty to Love One’s Children Frank J. Leavitt: The Meaning of Suffering: A Critique of the Häyry Syndrome Richard Ashcroft: Is It Irrational to Have Children? Rebecca Bennett: Human Reproduction: Selfish and Irrational But Not Immoral Tom Buller: Gambling, Risks, and Reproduction: A Reply to Matti Häyry Philosophical Responses to Enhancements Lisa Bortolotti: Do We Have an Obligation to Make Smarter Babies? Heta Aleksandra Gylling: Youthful Looks—No Matter What It Costs? Timo Airaksinen: New Life Forms: Min or Max Cyborgs? About the Authors and Editors Index
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Brill Arguments and Analysis in Bioethics
Book SynopsisIs there any justification for the common practice of allocating expensive medical resources to rescue a few from rare diseases, when those resources could be used to treat devastating diseases that affect the many? Does the use of Prozac and other anti-depressants make us inauthentic beings? Is it immoral and irrational to have children? What is the force of examples and counterexamples in bioethics? What are the relevance of moral intuition and the role of empirical evidence in bioethical argument? What notion of “function” underlies accounts of the distinction between normality and disease and between therapy and enhancement? Is there an inherent conflict between research aimed at therapy and research aimed at gaining knowledge, such that the very notion of “therapeutic research” is an oxymoron? The twenty-one chapters in this volume strive, through the use of high quality argument and analysis, to get a good deal clearer concerning a range of issues in bioethics, and a range of issues about bioethics. The essays are provocative, indeed, some quite radical and disturbing, as they call into question many common methodological and substantive assumptions in bioethics.Table of ContentsForeword by John Lizza Preface Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala, Gardar Árnason, and Peter Herissone-Kelly: Introduction. Arguing About Arguments, Analyzing Analysis Sirkku Kristiina Hellsten: Global Bioethics and “Erroneous Reason”: Fallacies Across the Borders Søren Holm: Is Bioethics Only for the Rich and Powerful? Simona Giordano: Do We Need (Bio)Ethical Principles? Doris Schroeder and Peter Herissone-Kelly: Bioethics and Stephen Toulmin’s Argumentation Theory Harry Lesser: The Use of Examples in Bioethics Harry Lesser: Moral Intuitions in Bioethics Angus Dawson: Toward the “Fair Use” of Empirical Evidence in Ethical Arguments: Vaccination, MMR and Disagreement Cathleen Schulte: An Assessment of the Normal Function Model and Implications for Enhancement Stephen Wilkinson: On the Distinction Between Positive and Negative Eugenics Niall W. R. Scott: Genetic Fallacy and Some Other Concerns in Behavioral Genetics Niall W. R. Scott: Eugenics: Enhancing Individuals or Populations? Anna Smajdor: Harm, Law and Reproductive Cloning Matti Häyry: An Analysis of Some Arguments for and against Human Reproduction Stuart Oultram: Does the Baby Selling Objection to Commercial Surrogacy Misuse Immanuel Kant? John McMillan: Prozac, Authenticity, and the Aristotelian Mean Floris Tomasini: The Case of Self-Demand Amputees: A Dilemma for Professional Ethics? Mark Sheehan: Enzyme Replacement Therapy and the Rule of Rescue Peter Lucas: Is “Therapeutic Research” a Misnomer? Lisa Bortolotti: Can the Subject-of-a-Life Criterion Help Grant Rights to Non-Persons? Jane Wilson: Determining the Limits of Justified Paternalism: Is Maximizing Autonomy the Key? Simo Vehmas: The Who or What of Steve: Severe Cognitive Impairment and its Implications About the Editors and Contributors Index
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Wageningen Academic Publishers Welfare of pigs: From birth to slaughter
Book SynopsisThe current scientific literature contains reviews and articles on specific aspects of pig production and farm animal welfare. This book is intended to be a reference text that covers all aspects of pig production, on the basis of scientific results. This work contains current, easy-to-understand scientific reviews on animal welfare with over 700 specific references to animal welfare. All aspects of animal welfare with respect to pigs are discussed, from genetic selection and breeding to transportation and slaughter. This work was written by scientific experts renowned for their knowledge and work in the area of pig welfare. Their common goal was to provide an in-depth review and empirical assessment of pig production concepts, knowledge and techniques in use today. Through scientific examples, the authors explain how improving animal welfare increases profitability. This work is intended for academics, researchers, students, animal welfare associations, industry and anyone who is involved in the production chain or concerned about the welfare of pigs being raised on farms.
£183.71
Springer Ethics in Psychiatry
Book SynopsisEthical Principles in Psychiatry: National, Regional and Worldwide Codes of Ethics.- Informed Consent in Mental Healthcare.- Mental Capacity and Supported Decision-making.- Confidentiality.- Justice in Access to and Distribution of Resources in Psychiatry and Mental Health Care.- A-Z of Ethics of User Involvement in Mental Health Care and Research.- Societal Framework of Psychiatry.- The UN CRPD and Mental Healthcare.- Ethical Issues Arising when Making Diagnoses in Psychiatry.- Economical Framework of Psychiatric Care.- Conflicts of Interests.- Stigma and Discrimination in Relation to People with Mental Health Conditions and Psychiatric Institutions.- Ethical Issues Regarding People Affected by Poverty and Serious Mental Illness.- Ethics of Deinstitutionalisation.- Forensic Psychiatry.- Ethics of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Mental Healthcare.- Coercion in Psychiatry and the Position of Families.- Coercive' Measures.- Development of the WPA Position Statement on Supporting Alternatives to Coercion.- Prediction and Prevention.- Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Treatment.- Ethical Implications of Psychopharmacotherapy.- Treatment of Substance Dependence.- Ethical Problems of Psychotherapy.- Ethics of Non-invasive Neuromodulation in Psychiatry.- Ethics of Psychiatric Neurosurgery.- Sexual and Gender Minorities in Mental Healthcare.- Palliative Psychiatry.- Dementia and End-of-life Decisions: Ethical Issues A Perspective from The Netherlands.- Dementia and End-of-life Decisions: A Relational Perspective. Commentary on Ron Berghmans, Dementia and End-of-life Decisions: Ethical Issues A Perspective from The Netherlands.- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Psychiatry: An Overview of the Field.- Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Treatment Research.- Ethical Concerns in Carrying Out Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity.- Ethics Committees for Clinical Research The West-European Paradigm.- Political Abuse and Neglect of Psychiatry.- Abuse of Psychiatry for Political Purposes in the USSR: A Case Study and Personal Account of the Efforts to Bring Them to an End.- Ethical Issues Regarding (Neuro-Enhancement).- Clinical Ethics Support in Mental Healthcare.- Psychiatric Advance Directives and Related Documents.- Teaching Psychiatric Ethics to Tomorrow's Medical Doctors.
£170.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Trophy Hunting
Book SynopsisThis book gets to the heart of trophy hunting, unpacking and explaining its multiple facets and controversies, and exploring why it divides environmentalists, the hunting community, and the public. Bichel and Hart provide the first interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to the study of trophy hunting, investigating the history of trophy hunting, and delving into the background, identity and motivation of trophy hunters. They also explore the role of social media and anthropomorphism in shaping trophy hunting discourse, as well as the viability of trophy hunting as a wildlife management tool, the ideals of fair chase and sportsmanship, and what hunting trophies are, both literally and in terms of their symbolic value to hunters and non-hunters. The analyses and discussions are underpinned by a consideration of the complex moral and practical conflicts between animal rights and conservation paradigms. This book appeals to scholars in environmental philosophy, conservation and environmental studies, as well as hunters, hunting opponents, wildlife management practitioners, and policymakers, and anyone with a broad interest in human–wildlife relations.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- A History of Hunting and Hunting Perceptions.- Hunting Trophies.- Hunters and Antihunters.- Trophy Hunting and Conservation.- Fair Chase and Sport Hunting.- Anthropomorphism and “Viralability”.- The Morality of Trophy Hunting.- Trophy Hunting Now.
£32.99
Penguin Random House LLC Inventing Accuracy
£54.25
