Bioscience Ethics

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BIOSCIENCE ETHICS by Irina Pollard (In Press)

Discussion of bioscience ethics requires understanding of the science that underpins biological systems impinging on our lives. The book Bioscience Ethics (soon to be published by Cambridge University Press) deals with new ways of communicating science and is a guide to the essentials of bioscience ethics with the purpose of promoting biological understanding within the scaffolding of ethics. The fundamental feature of this book is its breadth. Breadth is of the essence because bioscience ethics interweaves many diverse subjects in the process of gathering specialist scientific knowledge for bioethical review taking into account diversities of cultural views and prevailing conditions.
Early chapters embrace topics affecting human reproduction – sex determination, substance abuse and parenthood, aging gametes and congenital malformations, child abuse and its biological consequences.
Intermediate chapters deal with end-of-life care and euthanasia, human fertility, assisted reproductive technologies, genetic engineering, and cloning.
Remaining chapters challenge human-dominated ecosystems. Population growth, economic activity, and warfare – with its environmental consequences – are reviewed. A background section describes the evolution of ethical consciousness, explores the future, and proposes that the reworking of ethical boundaries can enhance mature decision-making in harmony with changing technology.

THE BOOK CHAPTERS

The following pdf file contains the contents pages of the 'in press' latest edition of this work. It is expected to be available some time early 2009.

Bioscience Ethics Contents.pdf

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