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Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases 5th Edition by Lewis Vaughn, ISBN-13: 978-0197609026
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- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 5th edition (June 22, 2022)
- Language: English
- 784 pages
- ISBN-10: 0197609023
- ISBN-13: 978-0197609026
Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-nine readings, numerous classic bioethical cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, this text addresses the most provocative and controversial topics in bioethics.
Table of Contents:
Cover Page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
Topics and Readings
Special Features
New to this Edition
A Chapter on Pandemic Ethics
A Chapter on Race, Racial Bias, and Health Care
Updates
New Readings
Ancillaries
Acknowledgments
1 Principles and Theories
Chapter 1 Moral Reasoning in Bioethics
Ethics and Bioethics
Ethics and the Moral Life
Moral Principles in Bioethics
Autonomy
Nonmaleficence
Beneficence
Utility
Justice
Ethical Relativism
Ethics and Religion
Moral Arguments
Argument Fundamentals
Patterns of Moral Arguments
Evaluating Premises
Assessing Whole Arguments
Obstacles to Critical Reasoning
Denying Contrary Evidence
Looking for Confirming Evidence
Motivated Reasoning
Preferring Available Evidence
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Summary
Argument Exercises
Exercise 1.1
Exercise 1.2
Exercise 1.3
Exercise 1.4
Further Reading
Notes
List of Key Terms
Chapter 2 Bioethics and Moral Theories
The Nature of Moral Theories
Influential Moral Theories
Utilitarianism
Kantian Ethics
Principlism
Natural Law Theory
Rawls’s Contract Theory
Virtue Ethics
The Ethics of Care
Feminist Ethics
Casuistry
Criteria for Judging Moral Theories
Applying the Criteria
Utilitarianism
Kant’s Theory
Summary
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
2 Medical Professional and Patient
Chapter 3 Paternalism and Patient Autonomy
Shades of Autonomy and Paternalism
Refusing Treatment
Futile Treatment
Applying Major Theories
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
Chapter 4 Truth-Telling and Confidentiality
Paternalism and Deception
Confidential Truths
Applying Major Theories
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
Chapter 5 Informed Consent
Autonomy and Consent
Conditions of Informed Consent
Applying Major Theories
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
Chapter 6 Human Research
The Science of Clinical Trials
Beneficence, Science, and Placebos
Science and Informed Consent
Research on the Vulnerable
Applying Major Theories
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
3 Life and Death
Chapter 7 Abortion
Starting Point: The Basics
The Legal Struggle
Persons and Rights
Applying Major Theories
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
Chapter 8 Reproductive Technology
In Vitro Fertilization
Surrogacy
Cloning
Applying Major Theories
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
Chapter 9 Genetic Choices
Genes and Genomes
Genetic Testing
Gene Therapy
Stem Cells
Applying Major Theories
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
Chapter 10 Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
Deciding Life and Death
Autonomy, Mercy, and Harm
Applying Major Theories
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
4 Justice and Health Care
Chapter 11 Dividing Up Health Care Resources
Health Care in Trouble
Theories of Justice
A Right to Health Care
The Ethics of Rationing
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
Chapter 12 Pandemic Ethics
Pandemic Facts
When Resources are Scarce
Personal Choices
Covid Falsehoods
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Readings
List of Key Terms
Chapter 13 Race, Racial Bias, and Health Care
Race and Racism
Health Disparities and Race
Implicit Bias in Health Care
Racial Profiling in Medicine
Summary
Cases for Evaluation
Further Reading
Notes
Reading
List of Key Terms
Appendix
Answers to Chapter 1 Exercises
Exercise 1.1
Exercise 1.2
Exercise 1.3
Exercise 1.4
Glossary
Index
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Lewis Vaughn is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Philosophy: Here and Now, Fourth Edition (2022), The Power of Critical Thinking, Seventh Edition (2021), and Living Philosophy, Third Edition (2021), all published by Oxford University Press.
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