Arguments and analysis in bioethics /

Arguments and analysis in bioethics / / edited by Matti Häyry [and others].

Is there any justification for the common practice of allocating expensive medical resources to rescue a few from rare diseases, when those resources could be used to treat devastating diseases that affect the many? Does the use of Prozac and other anti-depressants make us inauthentic beings? Is it...

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Superior document:Value inquiry book series ; v. 214
TeilnehmendeR:
Häyry, Matti.
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Rodopi,, 2010.
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Value Inquiry Book Series 214.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) :; illustrations.
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • ARGUING ABOUT ARGUMENTS, ANALYZING ANALYSIS / Matti Häyry , Tuija Takala , Gardar Árnason and Peter Herissone-Kelly
  • GLOBAL BIOETHICS AND “ERRONEOUS REASON”: FALLACIES ACROSS THE BORDERS / Sirkku Kristiina Hellsten
  • IS BIOETHICS ONLY FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL? / Søren Holm
  • DO WE NEED (BIO)ETHICAL PRINCIPLES? / Simona Giordano
  • BIOETHICS AND STEPHEN TOULMIN’S ARGUMENTATION THEORY / Doris Schroeder and Peter Herissone-Kelly
  • THE USE OF EXAMPLES IN BIOETHICS / Harry Lesser
  • MORAL INTUITIONS IN BIOETHICS / Harry Lesser
  • TOWARD THE “FAIR USE” OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE IN ETHICAL ARGUMENTS: VACCINATION, MMR, AND DISAGREEMENT / Angus Dawson
  • AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NORMAL FUNCTION MODEL AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ENHANCEMENT / Cathleen Schulte
  • ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EUGENICS / Stephen Wilkinson
  • THE GENETIC FALLACY AND SOME OTHER CONCERNS IN BEHAVIORAL GENETICS / Niall W. R. Scott
  • EUGENICS: ENHANCING INDIVIDUALS OR POPULATIONS? / Niall W. R. Scott
  • HARM, LAW, AND REPRODUCTIVE CLONING / Anna Smajdor
  • AN ANALYSIS OF SOME ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST HUMAN REPRODUCTION / Matti Häyry
  • DOES THE BABY-SELLING OBJECTION TO COMMERCIAL SURROGACY MISUSE IMMANUEL KANT? / Stuart Oultram
  • PROZAC, AUTHENTICITY, AND THE ARISTOTELIAN MEAN / John McMillan
  • THE CASE OF SELF-DEMAND AMPUTEES: A DILEMMA FOR PROFESSIONAL BIOETHICS? / Floris Tomasini
  • ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND THE RULE OF RESCUE / Mark Sheehan
  • IS “THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH” A MISNOMER? / Peter Lucas
  • CAN THE SUBJECT-OF-A-LIFE CRITERION HELP GRANT RIGHTS TO NON-PERSONS? / Lisa Bortolotti
  • DETERMINING THE LIMITS OF JUSTIFIED PATERNALISM: IS MAXIMIZING AUTONOMY THE KEY? / Jane Wilson
  • THE WHO OR WHAT OF STEVE: SEVERE INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS / Simo Vehmas
  • ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.

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