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Informationen zum Autor John Coggon is Professor of Law and the Philosophy of Public Health at the University of Southampton Sarah Chan is Deputy Director of iSEI & Research Fellow in Bioethics and Law at the University of Manchester Søren Holm is Professor of Bioethics at University of Manchester Thomasine Kushner is the Editor of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Economics Klappentext From reason to practice in bioethics brings together original contributions from some of the world's leading scholars in the field of bioethics. With a particular focus on, and critical engagement with, the influential work of Professor John Harris, the book provides a detailed exploration of some of the most interesting and challenging philosophical and practical questions raised in bioethics. The book's broad range of chapters will make it a useful resource for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in the field of bioethics, and the relationship between philosophical and practical ethics. The range of contributors and topics afford the book a wide international interest. Zusammenfassung This anthology gathers together original works from some of bioethics’ most celebrated scholars. Focused on and around the works of John Harris, the book addresses the most debated issues in contemporary bioethics, and will serve as an excellent text and resource for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in bioethics. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Introductions1. Editors' introduction - John Coggon, Sarah Chan, Søren Holm, and Thomasine Kushner2. Thought and memory - John HarrisPart II: Grounding moral arguments 3. On moral nose - Jonathan Glover4. Hanging around with Jackson: consistency in ethical argument, and how to avoid it - Richard Ashcroft5. The unbearable desire for explicitness and rationality in bioethics - Michael Parker and Micaela Ghisleni6. Moral epistemology and the survival lottery -Torbjörn Tännsjö7. Harris and the criticism of the status quo - Florencia Luna8. The natural as a moral category - Harry Lesser9. Making sense of human dignity - Deryck Beyleveld10. Why we should save the anthropocentric person - Simon WoodsPart III: From ethics to policy and practice 11. Why the reasonable man is not always right? - Margaret Brazier12. Why the body matters: reflections on John Harris's account of organ procurement - Alastair V. Campbell13. Harris's principle of justice in health care - Ruth Macklin14. Equality revisited - Andrew Edgar15. The safety of the people and the case against invasive health promotion - Andreas Hasman16. Could we reduce racism with one easy dip? What a thought-experiment about race-colour change makes us see - Margaret P. Battin17. Against mumps, Meursault, McDonald's and Marlboro: On the immunization of children against smoking, alcohol and drugs - Inez de Beaufort18. Killing and allowing to die - Raanan GillonPart IV: John Harris responds 19. Response to and reflections on chapters 3-18 - John HarrisBibliography Index...
List of contents
Part I: Introductions
1. Editors' introduction - John Coggon, Sarah Chan, Søren Holm, and Thomasine Kushner
2. Thought and memory - John Harris
Part II: Grounding moral arguments
3. On moral nose - Jonathan Glover
4. Hanging around with Jackson: consistency in ethical argument, and how to avoid it - Richard Ashcroft
5. The unbearable desire for explicitness and rationality in bioethics - Michael Parker and Micaela Ghisleni
6. Moral epistemology and the survival lottery -Torbjörn Tännsjö
7. Harris and the criticism of the status quo - Florencia Luna
8. The natural as a moral category - Harry Lesser
9. Making sense of human dignity - Deryck Beyleveld
10. Why we should save the anthropocentric person - Simon Woods
Part III: From ethics to policy and practice
11. Why the reasonable man is not always right? - Margaret Brazier
12. Why the body matters: reflections on John Harris's account of organ procurement - Alastair V. Campbell
13. Harris's principle of justice in health care - Ruth Macklin
14. Equality revisited - Andrew Edgar
15. The safety of the people and the case against invasive health promotion - Andreas Hasman
16. Could we reduce racism with one easy dip? What a thought-experiment about race-colour change makes us see - Margaret P. Battin
17. Against mumps, Meursault, McDonald's and Marlboro: On the immunization of children against smoking, alcohol and drugs - Inez de Beaufort
18. Killing and allowing to die - Raanan Gillon
Part IV: John Harris responds
19. Response to and reflections on chapters 3-18 - John Harris
Bibliography
Index
About the author
John Coggon is Professor of Law and the Philosophy of Public Health at the University of Southampton
Sarah Chan is Deputy Director of iSEI & Research Fellow in Bioethics and Law at the University of Manchester
Søren Holm is Professor of Bioethics at University of Manchester
Thomasine Kushner is the Editor of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Economics
