TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lindsay, Ronald A
AU  - Lindsay,Ronald A
TI  - Future Bioethics:  Overcoming Taboos, Myths, and Dogmas
SN  - 9781591026242
U1  - H28.1 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Prometheus Books
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 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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