Chance encounters : : a bioethics for a damaged planet / / Kristien Hens.

• VerfasserIn: Hens, Kristien,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, England : : Open Book Publishers,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 251 pages) :; illustrations

In this rigorous and necessary book, Kristien Hens brings together bioethics and the philosophy of biology to argue that it is ethically necessary for scientific research to include a place for the philosopher. As well as ethical, their role is conceptual: they can improve the quality and coherence of scientific research by ensuring that particular concepts are used consistently and thoughtfully across interdisciplinary projects. Hens argues that chance and uncertainty play a central part in bioethics, but that these qualities can be in tension with the attempt to establish a given theory as scientific knowledge: in describing organisms and practices, in a sense we create the world. Hens contends that this is necessarily an ethical activity.

Table of Contents

A Foundation for Bioethics: Van Rensselaer Potter's Legacy -- Overview of the Arguments -- Research Ethics all the Way Down -- Against Dualisms -- Development and Ethics -- A Dog Is a Dog Is a Dog: Of Nature and Values -- A Process Ontology for Bioethics -- Time, Culture and Creativity -- Symbiosis and Interdependency -- Medical Ethics and Environmental Ethics -- Diseases, Disorders, Disabilities, and Norms -- Standpoints -- Bringing Back the Environment -- Caring Responsibilities -- Unforgetting The Past -- A Creative and Forward-Looking Bioethics -- Concepts: Risks -- Development: Autism Research -- Trouble: Crocodiles and Mice -- Creativity: A Game Inspiring A Bioethicist.