Screen LibraryFrom reason to practice in bioethics : an anthology dedicated to the works of John Harris /
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 s...
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Manchester University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Manchester : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Contemporary issues in bioethics, law and medical humanities
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| Summary: |
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.--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 244 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [226]-237) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780719096235 (hardback) : 0719096235 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | QH332 |
| CLC: | R-052 |
| Call Number: | R-052/F931 |
| Contents: | Part 1. Introductions -- Editors' introduction / John Coggon, Sarah Chan, Søren Holm, and Thomasine Kushner -- Thought and memory / John Harris -- Part 2. Grounding moral arguments -- On moral nose / Jonathan Glover -- Hanging around with Jackson: consistency in ethical argument, and how to avoid it / Richard Ashcroft -- The unbearable desire for explicitness and rationality in bioethics / Michael Parker and Micaela Ghisleni -- Moral epistemology and the survival lottery /Torbjörn Tännsjö -- Harris and the criticism of the status quo / Florencia Luna -- The natural as a moral category |