Bioethics
An Introduction for the Biosciences
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199214303ISBN10: 0199214301
Paperback, 450 pages
Apr 2008,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$64.95 (04)
450 pages;
40 illus.;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-921430-3ISBN10: 0-19-921430-1
The most wide-ranging and balanced textbook in bioethics, this volume offers students just the right mix of science and philosophy
Table of Contents
I. The Theoretical Background to Bioethics
1.
The Nature of Bioethics
2.
Theories of Ethics
3.
A Framework for Ethical Analysis
II. Bioethics and Human Futures
4.
The Biology of Poverty
5.
Fertility and Morality
6.
Genomics, Eugenics and Integrity
III. Bioethics and Animals
7.
Human Uses of Animals
8.
Experiments on Animals
9.
Animals and Modern Biotechnology
IV. Bioethics, Plants, and the Environment
10.
The First Generation of Genetically Modified Crops
11.
Dietary Futures
12.
Environmental Sustainability
V. Bioethics in Practice
13.
Risk, Precaution, and Trust
14.
Politics and the Biosciences
15.
Bioethics in the Laboratory
