ethical aspects

Thirteen essays present opposing arguments on issues regarding organ donation and transplants, including the policy of presumed consent, compensation for donation, cloning humans, tissue engineering, animal-to-human transplants, and artificial organs.

Discusses the debate over genetic DNA testing, presenting differing views on prenatal and adult testing. Includes a time line, a glossary, resources, suggestions for further reading, a bibliography, and an index.

Contains twenty essays that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to the death penalty, looking at the history of the debate, and discussing whether or not the death penalty is just, is applied fairly, and serves as a crime deterrent.

Presents an examination of the issues related to the ethics of biotechnology, providing information on healthcare, agriculture, data processing, and more, considering the debates of the moral and ethical implications of each.

Proposes a feminist approach to abortion that takes into account women's actual experiences with this choice and focuses pro-choice arguments on morality concerning the fetus rather than simply control of one's body.

Surveys the history of the death penalty, describes different methods of execution, and discusses the legal and ethical ramifications using case histories.

Presents a collection of essays that examines the issues and controversies over human cloning from ethical and moral points of view.

Presents eleven essays that provide perspectives on ethics in genetic engineering, discussing modification of food crops, promotion of such crops in developing countries, alteration of human genes, and the cloning of humans. Includes an annotated list of related organizations, and a bibliography.

Discusses briefly some of the personal and social benefits of studying the martial arts including development of discipline, self-esteem, humility, courage, and respect for others.

Contains eleven articles in which the authors debate issues related to reproductive technology, discussing in vitro fertilization, commercial surrogacy, posthumous conception, human cloning, sex selection, and legal regulation.