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Zusatztext 'It is pleasing to see a collection that so well demonstrates the rich diversity of contemporary ethical debate! in both content and multidisciplinarity. This volume reaches beyond bioethics to embrace other social issues including food! agriculture and human rights. Including as it does commentaries on contemporary "hard cases"! with contributions from key academics in the field! it is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in Ethics.' Professor Ruth Chadwick! Lancaster University! UK '...the editors have assembled a strong and varied range of contributors from a number of differing academic and professional backgrounds...overall! the papers included are well written! interesting and accessible to those outside of the author's particular academic discipline...this book will provide an excellent and accessible resource for academics! students and practitioners engaged in the examination and study of not only the ethical issues raised in this volume! but also ethics in general.' Medical Law Review Informationen zum Autor Dr Jennifer Gunning was Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society, Cardiff University, UK. Søren Holm is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester, UK. Dr Ian Kenway is Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy (CIEPP) and Honorary Research Fellow in Ethics and ICT at Cardiff University, UK. All have published widely on issues relating either to bioethics or cyberethics. Klappentext This key collection addresses issues arising in biomedical and medical ethics ranging from assisted reproductive technologies to the role of clinical ethics committees. It examines broader societal issues with particular emphasis on sustainability and the environment and also focuses on issues of human rights in current global contexts. Zusammenfassung This key collection addresses issues arising in biomedical and medical ethics ranging from assisted reproductive technologies to the role of clinical ethics committees. It examines broader societal issues with particular emphasis on sustainability and the environment and also focuses on issues of human rights in current global contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction, Jennifer Gunning, Søren Holm and Ian Kenway; Part I Ethical Issues in Agriculture and Food: Modern farming practices and animal welfare, Joyce D'Silva; Animal integrity in the modern farming world, Kate Millar and David Morton; CAP reforms: effects on agriculture and environment, Franz Sinabell and Erwin Schmid; The ethics of animal cloning, Mickey Gjerris, Christian Gamborg and Peter Sandøe; European food regulation and accountability: the interplay of influences shaping the new regulatory terrain, Samarthia Thankappan; Globalization and sustainability in agriculture: role of law and ethics, John Hodges; Production economics, markets and assurance programmes for farm animal welfare, Michael C. Appleby. Part II Bioethics: Puzzle-solving for fun and profit: the abusive potential of non-genetic health data in epidemiological biobanks, Anne Maria Skrikerud and Jon Grov; The ethical topogaphy of research biobanking, Jan Reinert Karlsen and Roger Strand; Fuzzy law encountering life, death and morality: a report on 9 clinical ethics committees' legal considerations, Reidar Pedersen and Reidun Førde; Bioethics, biopower and the post-genomic challenge, Kjetil Rommertveit; What's wrong with genetic inequality?, Claudio Tamburrini; Public and private interests in the genomic era: a pluralist approach, Margit Sutrop and Kadri Simm; Challenging science: public views of personalized medicine, Elisa Pieri; Therapeutic cloning and the protection of embryonic life: different approaches, different levels of protection – a view from the United Kingdom, Søren Holm; Informed consent, trust and virtue in Czech medicine, Jiri Simek, Eva Krizová, Lenka Zamykalová ...
