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Informationen zum Autor Helga Kuhse is Adjunct Research Associate, School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University, Australia. She is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 150 professional articles and some 15 books, including Bioethics: An Anthology (co-edited with Peter Singer, second edition, Blackwell, 2006). Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and Laureate Professor in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 30 books, including Animal Liberation (first published in 1975), widely credited with triggering the modern animal rights movement, Practical Ethics (second edition, 1993), In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave (Blackwell, 2005), The Moral of the Story: An Anthology of Ethics Through Literature (co-edited with Renata Singer, Blackwell, 2004) and The Life You Can Save (2009). He was the founding president of the International Association of Bioethics, and in 2005 Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Klappentext This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.* Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teaching* Now includes new essays on currently controversial topics such as cloning and genetic enhancement* Topics are clearly and compellingly presented by internationally renowned bioethicists* A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves Zusammenfassung This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors xi Acknowledgments xiii Part I Introduction 1 1 What Is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction 3 Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer Part II Questions About Bioethics 13 2 Ethical Theory and Bioethics 15 James Rachels 3 Culture and Bioethics 24 Segun Gbadegesin 4 Gender and Bioethics 36 Jan Crosthwaite 5 Religion and Bioethics 46 Eric Gregory 6 Law and Bioethics 56 Wibren van der Burg Part III Ethical Approaches 65 7 A Principle-based Approach 67 James F. Childress 8 Exceptionless Rule Approaches 77 Joseph Boyle 9 A Utilitarian Approach 85 R . M . Hare 10 A Virtue Ethics Approach 91 Justin Oakley 11 A Care Approach 105 Rita C . Manning 12 A Case Approach 117 John D . Arras Part IV Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses 127 13 Personhood 129 Michael Tooley 14 Abortion 140 Mary Anne Warren 15 Mother-Fetus Conflict 149 Bonnie Steinbock Part V Issues In Reproduction 161 16 Population 163 Margaret Pabst Battin 17 Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex Selection 178 Laura M . Purdy 18 Cloning 193 Gregory Pence Part VI The New Genetics 205 19 Gene Therapy 207 Ruth Chadwick 20 Genetic Enhancement 216 ...
