Contemporary Debates in Bioethics

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Caplan, Arthur L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contemporary Debates in Bioethics
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • General Introduction
  • Who Is This Book for?
  • What Is Bioethics?
  • The Canon of Bioethics
  • Motivations for Topics in Bioethics
  • The Classification of Bioethics
  • A Philosophical Discipline
  • Dealing with Hot-Button Issues
  • References
  • Part 1 Are There Universal Ethical Principles That Should Govern the Conduct of Medicine and Research Worldwide?
  • Introduction
  • References
  • 1 There Are Universal Ethical Principles That Should Govern the Conduct of Medicine and Research Worldwide
  • Introduction
  • The Universalism-Particularism Debate in Historical Perspective
  • Emergence of the Concept of Human Dignity
  • The Dynamics of Dignity and Moral Particularism
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 2 There Are No Universal Ethical Principles That Should Govern the Conduct of Medicine and Research Worldwide
  • Introduction
  • Principles: One Part of a Balanced Breakfast
  • Universalism: Promises and Pitfalls
  • Binding Moral Norms and Self-Evidence
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Reply to Decker
  • References
  • Reply to Pullman
  • Human Dignity and Speciesism
  • The Redundancy of Basic Dignity
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part 2 Is It Morally Acceptable to Buy and Sell Organs for Human Transplantation?
  • Introduction
  • References
  • 3 It Is Morally Acceptable to Buy and Sell Organs for Human Transplantation: Moral Puzzles and Policy Failures
  • Introduction
  • Some Background Numbers
  • Financial Incentives: Increasing Access to Transplantation
  • Human Organs Are Instrumental Goods
  • Marketplace Morality
  • Coerced Altruism
  • Persons and Their Bodies
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • 4 It Is Not Morally Acceptable to Buy and Sell Organs for Human Transplantation: A Very Poor Solution to a Very Pressing Problem
  • The Harsh Reality of Allowing Markets in Organs-Trafficking of the Poor
  • Scarcity-Bad, Underestimated, and Growing Worse
  • Duties to Those in Need and Duties to Those Who Might Supply an Organ
  • The Prevailing Ethical Framework for Obtaining Organs and Tissues
  • Increasing the Supply
  • The Trouble with Markets in Kidneys
  • A Better Option-Default to Donation
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Reply to Caplan
  • References
  • Reply to Cherry
  • Part 3 Were It Physically Safe, Would Human Reproductive Cloning Be Acceptable?
  • Introduction
  • References
  • 5 Were It Physically Safe, Human Reproductive Cloning Would Be Acceptable
  • Dolly: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?
  • What Is Reproductive Cloning?
  • The Argument that Reproductive Cloning Is Physically Unsafe
  • Reasons For Reproductive Cloning
  • Reasons Against Reproductive Cloning
  • Harm to Others
  • Eugenics
  • Human Dignity
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
  • 6 Were It Physically Safe, Human Reproductive Cloning Would Not Be Acceptable
  • Introduction

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