ethical aspects

What happens to your old phone or computer when you need an upgrade? What rights does the worker who built your phone have? This thought-provoking title helps readers discover the answers to these questions and many more.

A collection of essays documenting the historical and contemporary impact of the law and the justice system on people of African ancestry in the United States, covering three centuries of racialized law and criminal justice practice at the local, state, and federal levels.

A commentary on the moral implications of interrogation, discussing interrogation in domestic law enforcement and in international contexts, and offering specific policy recommendations.

Explores the ethical, medical, and legal issues surrounding euthanasia.

Collects twenty-five essays that discuss the rate of organ donation in various countries, barriers to organ donation, how the rate of donation can be increased, and organ trafficking.

A collection of thirteen scientific essays on the relation of ethics and theology to the study of the human genome, covering topics such as the development and application of the technology and other issues pertaining to social justice and medical ethics.

Explores the claims of individuality, in which a person creates their own life, and the claims of identity, the large and abstract social categories through which people define themselves.

Chronicles the forty-seven years between the discovery of radium by Marie Curie in 1898 and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, and presents a profile of the people who played a role in the development of atomic power including Albert Einstein, Ernest Rutherford, Werner Heisenberg, and other.

Explores how the ethical limits governing the use of the human body in experimentation have been breached and redefined throughout history in the name of medical advancement.

Offers practical advice on what individuals can do to achieve a peaceful death for themselves or for their loved ones, and describes both legal and medical rights.