A Companion to Bioethics

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Acknowledgements.
 
Part I: Introduction:.
 
1. What is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction: Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer.
 
Part II: Questions About Bioethics:.
 
2. Ethical Theory and Bioethics: James Rachels.
 
3. Bioethics and Cultural Diversity: Segun Gbadegesin.
 
4. Gender and Bioethics: Jan Crosthwaite.
 
5. Religion and Bioethics: Baruch Brody.
 
6. Law and Bioethics: Wibren van der Burg.
 
Part III: Ethical Approaches:.
 
7. A Principle-based Approach: James F. Childress.
 
8. An Absolute Rule Approach: Joseph Boyle.
 
9. A Utilitarian Approach: R. M. Hare.
 
10. A Virtue Ethics Approach: Justin Oakley.
 
11. A Care Approach: Rita C. Manning.
 
12. A Case Approach: John D. Arras.
 
Part IV: Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses:.
 
13. Personhood: Michael Tooley.
 
14. Abortion: Mary Ann Warren.
 
15. Mother-Fetus Conflict: Bonnie Steinbock.
 
Part V: Issues in Reproduction:.
 
16. Population Issues: Margaret Battin.
 
17. Assisted Reproduction: Laura Purdy.
 
18. Prenatal Screening, Sex Selection and Cloning: Paul Robinson.
 
Part VI: The New Genetics:.
 
19. Gene Therapy: Ruth Chadwick.
 
20. Mapping the Human Genome: Timothy Murphy.
 
21. Creating and Patenting New Life Forms: Nils Holtug.
 
22. Genetic Screening and Counselling: Angus Clarke.
 
Part VII: Life and Death Issues:.
 
23. Medical Decisions at the End of Life: Dan W. Brock.
 
24. Severely Disabled Newborns: Eike-Henner W. Kluge.
 
25. Brain Death, Cortical Death and Persistent Vegetative State: Jeff McMahan.
 
26. Advance Directives: Alex Capron.
 
27. Voluntary Euthanasia, Suicide and Physician Assisted Suicide: Brian Stoffell.
 
28. The Slippery Slope Argument: Govert den

Helga Kuhse is Adjunct Research Associate, School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University, Australia. She is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 150 professional articles and some 15 books, including Bioethics: An Anthology (co-edited with Peter Singer, second edition, Blackwell, 2006).
 
Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and Laureate Professor in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 30 books, including Animal Liberation (first published in 1975), widely credited with triggering the modern animal rights movement, Practical Ethics (second edition, 1993), In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave (Blackwell, 2005), The Moral of the Story: An Anthology of Ethics Through Literature (co-edited with Renata Singer, Blackwell, 2004) and The Life You Can Save (2009). He was the founding president of the International Association of Bioethics, and in 2005 Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

"The contributors are all experts in the field, and this shows in the quality and breadth of information provided... the Companion is still the best secondary source in navigating the complex and ever-evolving field of bioethics." (Metapsychology, December 2010) "The second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, edited by ethicists Singer (Princeton) and Kuhse (Monash Univ., Australia), should be... a standard one-volume reference work in the field of bioethics. The book's helpful summary of the field's major debates makes it especially helpful for smaller collections that do not procure many of the increasingly specialized monographs on narrow bioethical issues. The book also features a wide range of authors-- from such established scholars as James Childress and the late R. M. Hare to new voices in the field, such as Eric Gregory, who contributes an essay titled "Religion and Bioethics." The essays in the collection are accessible to many levels of readers; those unfamiliar with these debates will find the essays helpful introductions, and specialists will find new readings of classic works or new perspectives on old debates. This important, comprehensive, and superbly edited reference work will prove useful to students and scholars at all levels and a worthwhile addition to all collections." (CHOICE, July 2010) "The reader or student who is interested in bioethics and wants to get a picture about the main questions on this subject will find excellent answers in this exquisite publication edited by Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. The goal of the editors was to give as complete a picture as possible, choosing very carefully from the theme of bioethics; they succeeded in their goal. This success was achieved because the authors of the book are acknowledged and respected scientists and teachers of bioethics, and they used their experience to give the reader an insight into their subject material." (Nursing Ethics) "Although the growth of bioethical discussion and

"The contributors are all experts in the field, and this shows in the quality and breadth of information provided... the Companion is still the best secondary source in navigating the complex and ever-evolving field of bioethics." (Metapsychology, December 2010)
"The second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, edited by ethicists Singer (Princeton) and Kuhse (Monash Univ., Australia), should be... a standard one-volume reference work in the field of bioethics. The book's helpful summary of the field's major debates makes it especially helpful for smaller collections that do not procure many of the increasingly specialized monographs on narrow bioethical issues. The book also features a wide range of authors-- from such established scholars as James Childress and the late R. M. Hare to new voices in the field, such as Eric Gregory, who contributes an essay titled "Religion and Bioethics." The essays in the collection are accessible to many levels of readers; those unfamiliar with these debates will find the essays helpful introductions, and specialists will find new readings of classic works or new perspectives on old debates. This important, comprehensive, and superbly edited reference work will prove useful to students and scholars at all levels and a worthwhile addition to all collections." (CHOICE, July 2010)
 
"The reader or student who is interested in bioethics and wants to get a picture about the main questions on this subject will find excellent answers in this exquisite publication edited by Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. The goal of the editors was to give as complete a picture as possible, choosing very carefully from the theme of bioethics; they succeeded in their goal. This success was achieved because the authors of the book are acknowledged and respected scientists and teachers of bioethics, and they used their experience to give the reader an insight into their subject material." (Nursing Ethics)
 
"Although the growth of bioethical