What is wrong with selecting and implanting a deaf embryo? What are 'designer babies' and why can't we choose to have them? Is there a right to know one's genetic origins? Should we allow a market in transplant organs? Are doctors justified in refusing to perform treatments on conscientious grounds?
Philosophical Reflections on Medical Ethics
β Scribed by Nafsika Athanassoulis (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 220
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-23
Benefit, Disability and the Non-Identity Problem....Pages 24-43
βDesigner Babiesβ, Instrumentalisation and the Childβs Right to an Open Future....Pages 44-69
Why There is No Right to Know Oneβs Genetic Origins....Pages 70-87
Compromise and Moral Complicity in the Embryonic Stem Cell Debate....Pages 88-108
Towards a Natural Law Critique of Genetic Engineering....Pages 109-134
Autonomy, Inducements and Organ Sales....Pages 135-159
The Role of Conscience in Medical Ethics....Pages 160-179
The Treatment That Leaves Something to Luck....Pages 180-197
Passive Death....Pages 198-207
Back Matter....Pages 208-210
β¦ Subjects
Medical Sociology;Nursing;Ethics;Moral Philosophy;Theory of Medicine/Bioethics
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