Future Bioethics (Record no. 81520)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781591026242
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Classification number H28.1
Item number L645
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lindsay, Ronald A
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Future Bioethics
Remainder of title Overcoming Taboos, Myths, and Dogmas
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Prometheus Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 313p
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note includes index and biblioraphy
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Formatted contents note I. THE PROBLEM AND THE CURE How TO DECIDE WHICH POLICIES TO ADOPT 29 Common Morality 30 Rules of Reasoning 32 Understanding the Rationale for Our Norms 38 The Use of the Law in Grafting Public Policy 42 LEGALIZING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE IN DYING FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL 51 Terminology 53 The Importance of Assistance in Dying for the Terminally ill 55 The Experience in Oregon: Individual Choice and Effective Prevention of Abuse 64 Mistaken Diagnoses 68 Risks of Abuse 70 Opposition to Assistance in Dying Based on the Sanctity of Life 78 Confusion about Causation and Intention 79 Why Do We Prohibit Killing? 85 The Best Argument for the Sanctity-of-Life Principle 90 The Argument against Legalization Based on Disparate Impact 99 Dopes and Slopes 108 4. MY CHOICES-YOUR CONSCIENCE? 131 Norms and Facts Relating to Conscientious Objection 134 Conscientious Objection by Healthcare Workers 138 Conscientious Objection by Employees in Other Occupations 145 Conscientious Objection by Institutions 147 5. FOOD FEARS VERSUS FOOD FACTS-THE NEED FOR APPROPRIATE RISK ASSESSMENT 153 A Fact-Rich Diet 154 Appropriate Risk Assessment 165 Dessert 180 6. "How HORRIBLE! YOU`VE BECOME MORE INTELLIGENT!"-Is SELF-IMPROVEMENT WRONG? Moral and Factual Background 195 What Is Wrong with Trying to Alter the World and Improve One`s Life? 198 A Quick Review of Some Additional Objections to Enhancements 205 Enhancements and Justice 213 7. SAVING EMBRYOS FOR THE TRASH-OUR ILLOGICAL POLICIES ON EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH 227 Chronology of the Embryonic Stem Cell Funding Dispute 228 Scientific Background for Stem Cell Research 232 Moral and Factual Premises for Resolving the Dispute over Federal Funding 239 The Position That Embryos Are Entitled to the Same Rights as Human Persons 241 The Early Embryo Is Not an Individual 243 The "Potential" of the Embryo Does Not Make It a Human Person 246 The Unacceptable Consequences of the View That the Embryo Is a Human Person 248 The Failure to Provide an Adequate Theory of Moral Status 250 Conclusion: A Reasonable Policy on Stem Cell Research 253
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Personal name Lindsay, Ronald A
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