Bioethics / edited by John Harris

Contributor(s):

Harris, John, 1945-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford readings in philosophy | Mount Oliver CollectionPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: vi, 557 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

0198752571
9780198752578

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

174.2 HAR

LOC classification:

QH332 .B5172 2001
R724 .B45824 2001

Contents:

A defence of abortion / Judith Jarvis Thomson -- Killing and letting die / Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer -- Abortion : identity and loss / Warren Quinn -- Terminating life-sustaining treatment of the demented / Daniel Callahan -- Which way down the slippery slope? Nazi medical killing and euthanasia today / Ruth Macklin -- Advance directives and the personal identity problem / Allen Buchanan -- What is sacred? / Ronald Dworkin -- Taking and saving lives / Eric Rakowski -- The survival lottery / John Harris -- Health-care needs and distributive justice / Norman Daniels -- Equality or priority? / Derek Parfit -- Quality of life measures in health care and medical ethics / Dan Brock -- Future people, disability, and screening / Jonathan Glover -- Wrongful life : paradoxes in the morality of causing people to exist / Jeff McMahan -- Principlism and its alleged competitors / Tom L. Beauchamp -- Not just autonomy : the principles of American biomedical ethics / S©ıren Holm -- Telling the truth, confidentiality, consent, and respect for autonomy / Raanan Gillon

Summary: The Oxford Readings in Philosophy series brings together important recent writing in major areas of philosophical enquiry, selected from a variety of sources which may not be conveniently available to the university student or general reader. In this volume, John Harris presents the examples of the very best philosophical writing in bioethics from an internationally renowned list of contributors; authors featured include Peter Singer, Helga Kuhse, Tom Beauchamp, Ruth Macklin, and Ronald Dworkin. The book begins with a substantial overview by John Harris, looking at the evolution and nature of bioethics, contemporary debates, and introduces each of the pieces included, setting them in their academic context. Organized thematically, the volume covers the beginnings of life, end of life, value of life, quality of life, future generations, and professional ethics. It is a wide-ranging volume that covers the broad spectrum of the major topics in bioethics, and its clear and accessible approach makes it essential reading for all students of bioethics.

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Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	174.2 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		224198

Includes bibliographical references and index

The Oxford Readings in Philosophy series brings together important recent writing in major areas of philosophical enquiry, selected from a variety of sources which may not be conveniently available to the university student or general reader. In this volume, John Harris presents the examples of the very best philosophical writing in bioethics from an internationally renowned list of contributors; authors featured include Peter Singer, Helga Kuhse, Tom Beauchamp, Ruth Macklin, and Ronald Dworkin. The book begins with a substantial overview by John Harris, looking at the evolution and nature of bioethics, contemporary debates, and introduces each of the pieces included, setting them in their academic context. Organized thematically, the volume covers the beginnings of life, end of life, value of life, quality of life, future generations, and professional ethics. It is a wide-ranging volume that covers the broad spectrum of the major topics in bioethics, and its clear and accessible approach makes it essential reading for all students of bioethics.