bioethics

Examines the influence of biotechnology and biomedicine on daily life and public policy, and discusses the legal system's involvement in the resolution of ethical concerns raced by biomedical advances.

Explores major contemporary advances in biotechnology and medical science, including screening for genetic diseases, as well as the social, ethical, and medical challenges involved in biological and human engineering.

A collection of essays which explore how the war on terrorism and the threat of chemical and biological weapons have impacted a variety of already complex moral and bioethical issues.

Warns against the unthinking acceptance--even embrace--of biomedical technologies, discussing the nature and purposes of technology, ethics, and biology, and the ethical challenges of cloning, the Human Genome Project, the sale of organs, and end-of-life issues.

Australian philosopher and bioethicist Peter Singer presents more than twenty-five of his own writings on the nature of ethics, animal rights, abortion, euthanasia, infanticide, environmental values, and meaningful living, as well as autobiographical essays and interviews.

A collection of brief essays addressing such bioethical issues as advance directives, genetic testing, abortion, and assisted suicide.

Examines some leading issues from the perspective of sharply opposing points of view to show clearly the controversies of a given issue.

Examines the moral aspects of health care and biological experiments, including such issues as abortion, the rights of patients, mercy killing, and genetic engineering.