Naujausi A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y Z
Autoriai: EDITED BY ARTHUR W. GALSTON, EMILY G. SHURR
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ISBN: 0-7923-7249-2
Brūkšninis kodas: 003075102839
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Anotacija:
In the last three decades bioethics has matured into a field of study with several areas of concentration including medical ethics, environmental ethics and. more recently, genetic ethics. For reasons related to both the developmental history of the subject and to the poignancy of the problems presented, most textbooks and collections of essays have dealt with only a single area, medical ethics. In fact to many not in the field, the word bioethics has become synonymous with medical ethics. The aim of this collection of essays, entitled NEW DIMENSIONS IN BIOETHICS: Science. Ethics and the Formulation of Public Policy is to enlarge this restrictive vision of the field as it is usually studied at universities. By combining essays relevant to medical ethics with companion essays on environmental ethics and genetic ethics the book emphasizes similarities in the methods of analysis used in diverse bioethical problems whether dealing with genes, with people or the environment. In this way NEW DIMENSIONS IN BIOETHICS: Science. Ethics and the Formulation of Public Policy hopes to contribute to the intellectual unity of the subject and to suggest changes in the way bioethics can be taught and studied at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
vii I. Preface
Arthur W. Galston
ix Introduction
Arthur W. Galston & Emily G. Shurr
xix The Authors
II. The Social Function of the Scientist:
1 The Ethics of Truth Telling Joshua Lederberg
III. Genetics
11 Race, Genes & Human Origins:
How Genetically Diverse are We? Kenneth K. Kidd
25 Can Agricultural Biotechnology Solve World Hunger Problems?:
The Role of Regulations and Oligopolies Ellen Messer & Nina Dudnik
51 Genetic Predisposition and the Politics of Prediction Dorothy Nelkin
IV. Environment
65 Scale, Awareness and Conscience:
The Moral Terrain of Ecological Vulnerability Robert Socolow
79 Pesticide Use: Ethical, Environmental, and
Public Health Implications David Pimentel & Kelsey Hart
109 Falling Leaves and Ethical Dilemmas:
Agent Orange in Vietnam Arthur W. Galston
125 Animal Matters Strachan Donnelley
137 Environmental Values in Peace and War
V. Medicine
155 Roe v. Wade as a Counter-Revolutionary Manifesto:
A Retrospective View Robert A. Burt
169 Home Sweet Hospital: The Nature and Limits
of Family Responsibilities for Home Health Care Carol Levine
193 Ethics and Public Policy in a Democracy:
The Case of Human Embryo Research William A. Galston
209 Human Sacrifice and Human Experimentation:
Reflections at Nuremberg Jay Katz
225 Index
