Introduction to Bioethics

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A CROSS-CULTURAL INTRODUCTION TO BIOETHICS

This teaching resource is produced by the Eubios Ethics Institute and is being mirrored here at bioscience-bioethics.org to increase it's availability. The book is continually under revision to improve the usability and relevant nature of it's content. It contains chapters from distinguished international authors on a range of topics in environmental and medical ethics suitable for teaching bioethics at school and university level.

This book aims to inform us about the fundamentals of science and technology, stimulate the discussion of bioscience - bioethics, and how we may use new technology in ways consistent with ethical living. An important part of this dialogue is to assist in providing an information source for those interested in bioscience - bioethics.

THE BOOK CHAPTERS

Below you will find the separate chapters of "A Cross-Cultural Introduction to Bioethics" in pdf format. You can download and print any or all of the chapters for personal reference, teaching or other uses.

CONTENT LIST

Introduction - including the following:

Preface v

Authorship and Acknowledgments xviii

Authors’ Profiles xviii

A. Bioethics and the Ethics of Science and Technology
1. Making Choices, Diversity and Bioethics 1
2. Ethics in History and Love of Life 6
3. Moral Agents 18
4. Ethical limits of Animal Use 22
5. Ethics and Nanotechnology 27

B. Environmental Ethics
1. Ecology and Life 30
2. Biodiversity and Extinction 36
3. Ecological Ethics 40
4. Environmental Science 43
5. Environmental Economics 51
6. Sustainable Development 63
7. Cars and the Ethics of Costs and Benefits 73
8. Energy Crisis, Resources and Environment 78
9. Ecotourism 85
10. The Earth Charter Initiative 93

C. Genetics
1. Genetics, DNA and Mutations 98
2. Ethics of Genetic Engineering 102
3. Genetically Modified Foods 107
4. Testing for Cancer Gene Susceptibility 110
5. Genetic Privacy and Information 113
6. The Human Genome Project 117
7. Eugenics 121
8. Human Gene Therapy 122
9. Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights 129
10. International Declaration on Human Genetic Data 134 (pending)

D. Medical Ethics
1. Informed Consent and Informed Choice 145
2. Telling the Truth about Terminal Cancer 147
3. Euthanasia 153
4. Brain Death 158
5. Organ Donation 164
6. Brain Death and Organ Transplant Drama 170
7. The Heart Transplant 175
8. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) 176
9. AIDS and Ethics 177
10. Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects 183
11. Bird Flu 188
12. Indigenous Medicines and Access to Health 189

E. Reproduction
1. Lifestyle and Fertility 192
2. Assisted Reproduction 198
3. Surrogacy 204
4. Choosing Your Children’s Sex and Designer Children 205
5. Prenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disease 208
6. Female Infanticide 211
7. Human Cloning 214
8. United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning 215 (pending)
9. Human Genome Organization (HUGO) Ethics Committee Statement on Stem Cells 222 (pending)

F. Neurosciences
1. Advances in Neuroscience and Neuroethics 224
2. Learning to Remember: The Biological Basis of Memory 229
3. The Neuroscience of Pleasure, Reward and Addiction 235

G. Social Ethics
1. Revisiting the Body 241
2. Child Labour 251
3. Peace and Peace-keeping 253
4. Human Rights and Responsibilities 269

H. Teacher’s Resources and Notes*
1. Introduction 1/66
2. Section A: Bioethics & the Ethics of Science & Technology 2/66
3. Section B: Environmental Ethics 8/66
4. Section C: Genetics 28/66
5. Section D: Medical Ethics 34/66
6. Section E: Reproduction 40/66
7. Section F: Neurosciences 49/66
8. Section G: Social Ethics 60/66

*PLEASE NOTE: Section H is designed for Teachers and Course Co-ordinators to provide them with model answers, references etc for each of the chapters provided above. This section is NOT meant for the course recipients and as such should not be viewed by them. Basically, it's a spoiler.
 

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