Kuhse / Schüklenk / Singer Bioethics

An Anthology
3. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-94152-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 800 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies

Now fully revised and updated, Bioethics: An Anthology, 3rd edition, contains a wealth of new material reflecting the latest developments. This definitive text brings together writings on an unparalleled range of key ethical issues, compellingly presented by internationally renowned scholars.
* The latest edition of this definitive one-volume collection, now updated to reflect the latest developments in the field
* Includes several new additions, including important historical readings and new contemporary material published since the release of the last edition in 2006
* Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, neuroethics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, public health, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, genetic screening, and issues facing nurses
* Subjects are clearly and captivatingly discussed by globally distinguished bioethicists
* A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuhse, Helga

Schüklenk, Udo

Singer, Peter

Über Autor(innen)

Helga Kuhse is Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for HumanBioethics at Monash University. She is the author, co-author oreditor of more than 150 professional articles and some 15 books,including The Sanctity-of-Life-Doctrine in Medicine: ACritique (1987), Caring: Nurses, Women and Ethics(1997), UnsanctifyingHuman Life: Essays on Ethics (2006), and ACompanion to Bioethics, 2nd Edition, (2012).
Udo Schüklenkholds the Ontario Research Chairin Bioethics and Public Policy at Queen's University at Kingston inCanada. He is a Joint Editor-in-Chief of Bioethics, thejournal of the International Association of Bioethics. He is theauthor, co-author or editor of 160 contributions in journals andanthologies and 7 books including 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why WeAre Atheists 2009), The Bioethics Reader (2007) and50 Great Myths About Atheism (2013).
Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics atPrinceton University and Laureate Professor at the University ofMelbourne. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 40books, including Animal Liberation (first published in1975), widely credited with triggering the modern animal-rightsmovement, Practical Ethics (third edition, 2011), InDefense of Animals: The Second Wave (2005), and The Life YouCan Save (2009). In 2005, Time named him one of the 100most influential people in the world.An Australian, in 2012 he wasmade a Companion to the Order of Australia, his country'shighest civilian honour.