Bioethics: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) [Hardcover]

Helga Kuhse (Editor), Peter Singer (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 28, 2006 | Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies

The expanded and revised edition of Bioethics: An Anthology is a definitive one-volume collection of key primary texts for the study of bioethics.

• Brings together writings on a broad range of ethical issues relating such matters as reproduction, genetics, life and death, and animal experimentation.
  
• Now includes introductions to each of the sections.
  
• Features new coverage of the latest debates on hot topics such as genetic screening, the use of embryonic human stem cells, and resource allocation between patients.
  
• The selections are independent of any particular approach to bioethics.
  
• Can be used as a source book to complement A Companion to Bioethics (1999).

Editorial Reviews

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

“This is an outstanding, up-to-date collection which covers all the main issues in bioethics and brings together much of the best philosophical work on them.” Dan W. Brock, Harvard Medical School

"A useful tool to gain an overview of important an influential texts and thinking of leading authors and commentators in bioethics." Human Reproduction and Genetic Ethics

From the Back Cover

Since it was first published in 1999, Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer’s Bioethics: An Anthology has become established as the definitive one-volume collection of key primary readings in bioethics. Alongside coverage of issues such as reproduction, genetics, life and death, and animal experimentation, this expanded and revised edition now features essays on hot topics such as genetic screening, the use of embryonic human stem cells, and resource allocation between patients. New section introductions written by the editors shed light on the matters explored, and an extensive index makes it easy to navigate the text.

Designed to complement A Companion to Bioethics, also edited by Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer(1999), the volume will continue to be of great value as both a textbook and reference work, suitable not only for students of philosophy and moral theology, but also for doctors, nurses, sociologists, lawyers, and others working in health care and the biomedical sciences.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 760 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition (March 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405129476
• ISBN-13: 978-1405129473
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,962,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bioethics, for genreal interest and further study., April 1, 2000

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Ellen Bouttell (Bedforshire, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bioethics: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) (Paperback)

The Blackwells Anthology on Bioethics provides a strong material based support for courses in Bioethics or applied Philopsophy. It's two best features are that it contains the articles that most Bioethics courses will require you to read (Response to Purdy, for example) and yet most of the articles are in easy to understand language and require little or no previous knowledge. Also, far from being the dry tomes one associates with philosophical essays, the articles are genuinely engaging.

There are a few articles where if you haven't read Kant or Mill before you might be stuck, but most are easy to read and some entries are written by lay people about their experiences, including one mans suicide note as an argument for euthanasia and a couples experiences of IVF.

The editorial really helps to highlight the issues in the book and it is arranged in an acessible format, so that one can skip areas that aren't of interest.

Useful to students or acaedemics (in Medicine or Philosophy) and fascinating for anyone who wants to look into this area.

5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of proponents and opponents on several ethical issues in the modern medical field., October 14, 2010

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An insight on issues we're facing today in the medical field. Some are considered controversial and some conflicting with religions. The ideas are built on prima faciae basis that sometime neglects our core issue, which's the emotions and feelings we possess, uniquely as human beings.

5.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting offer, April 2, 2010

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Ujewe Samuel Jonathan (Benin City, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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The book, Bioethics: An Anthology, sure gives me all the ground work material that I need in my pursuit of research in Bioethics. I just made a trial attempt purchasing this book from Amazon.com; it worked. Will go for more books when I have money.
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