This readable and balanced book is an original discussion of contemporary issues in bioethics. Max Charlesworth argues that as there can be no public consensus on a set of core values--liberal societies accept a variety of religious, nonreligious, political and moral stances, there should be a plurality of ethical stances as well. On this basis he discusses issues such as the ending of human life, new reproductive technologies and the ethical distribution of limited healthcare resources, particularly hospital care.
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"This book fits nicely into contemporary works that focus on ethical issues in health care, biotechnology, and medicine. What sets this one off is that its topics are discussed in the context of the current social and political context. This enhances its topical nature and provides the reader with an appropriate frame of reference." Choice
"...a lucid and instructive analysis of the concept of autonomy in medical ethics and health care. He unabashedly tackles three controversial areas: decisions at the end of life and assisted suicide, medically assisted reproduction, and the allocation of health care resources." Bruce Jennings, New England Journal of Medicine
"...a lucid and instructive analysis of the concept of autonomy in medical ethics and health care. He unabashedly tackles three controversial areas: decisions at the end of life and assisted suicide, medically assisted reproduction, and the allocation of health care resources." Bruce Jennings, New England Journal of Medicine
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An original discussion of contemporary issues in bioethics argues against a public consensus of set values. Since liberal societies accept a variety of religious, political and moral stances, a plurality of ethical stances is advocated as well.
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disabled newborn infants, altruistic surrogacy, surrogacy arrangements, assisted procreation, bioethical discussion, embryo experimentation, health carers, ethical pluralism, procreative liberty, autonomous moral agents, surrogate motherhood, infertile woman, bioethical issues, family formation, liberal society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Christine Overall, Clarendon Press, Court of Appeal, Hastings Center Report, John Stuart Mill, Joseph Raz, National Bioethics Consultative Committee, The Morality of Freedom, World Health Organisation, Australian Aborigines, Mary Anne Warren, Tomorrow's Child, Carol Gilligan, Journal of Medical Ethics, Lynda Birke, Patrick Verspieren, Different Voice, Immanuel Kant, Law Reform Commission of Victoria, Law's Empire, Patricia Illingworth New!
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- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill on 6 pages
- The Morality of Freedom by Joseph Raz on 5 pages
- Kant: The Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Immanuel Kant on page 19, page 21, and page 51
- Death and Decision (AAAS selected symposium ; 18) by Ernan McMullin on page 51, and page 52
- A Theory of Medical Ethics by Robert M. Veatch on page 146, and page 150
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- Exploring Ethics: A Traveller's Tale by Brenda Almond on page 164, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scarce Goods: Justice, Fairness, and Organ Transplantation by Tom Koch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Limits of Principle: Deciding Who Lives and What Dies by Tom Koch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Prenatal Person: Ethics from Conception to Birth by Norman M. Ford in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scarce Goods: Justice, Fairness, and Organ Transplantation by Tom Koch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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