Screen LibraryBioethics : a philosophical introduction /
This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary bioethics. It also presents provocative, philosophically informed arguments on current bioethical issues. Holland engages with debates ranging from the more familiar -- such as euthanasia, advance decision to refuse treatment,...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: |
This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary bioethics. It also presents provocative, philosophically informed arguments on current bioethical issues. Holland engages with debates ranging from the more familiar -- such as euthanasia, advance decision to refuse treatment, and new reproductive technologies -- to the philosophical implications of recent developments in genetics, including prenatal genetic therapy, genetic enhancement and human cloning. The book is built around four crucial themes. The first is moral status: what are the implications of the moral sta |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 273 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-268) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780745690605 (paperback) : 0745690602 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | R724 |
| CLC: | R-052 |
| Call Number: | R-052/H737/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | Moral status -- Life, death and killing -- Personal identity -- The normativity of the 'natural'. |