Bioethics

The UNESCO International Bioethics Committee is an international body that sets standards in the field of bioethics.

This anthology provides a collection of new essays on ethical and philosophical issues that concern the development, dispensing, and use of pharmaceuticals.

This Pivot traces the rise of the so-called "e;vegetarian"e; vampire in popular culture and contemporary vampire fiction, while also exploring how the shift in the diet of (some) vampires, from human to animal or synthetic blood, responds to a growing ecological awareness that is rapidly reshaping our understanding of relations with others species.

Leona Litterst vereint in systematischer Weise die Frage, ob mittels Techniken der Synthetischen Biologie „neues Leben“ hergestellt werden kann, mit der ethischen Dimension, ob dieses hergestellt werden soll und welche Regeln dabei gelten.

This volume, which has developed from the Fourteenth Trans- Disciplinary Symposium on Philosophy and Medicine, September 5-8, 1982, at Tel Aviv University, Israel, contains the contributions of a group of distinguished scholars who together examine the ethical issues raised by the advance of biomedical science and technology.

Die menschliche Entwicklung ist seit jeher von einer gesicherten Energieversorgung abhängig, die heute aus Gründen der Machbarkeit und der Umweltbelastungen global betrachtet werden muss.

"e;Doubt is our product,"e; a cigarette executive once observed, "e;since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general public.

This book addresses corporate power, global inequality and sustainability in shaping health outcomes.

Analyses the highly controversial problems of DNA forensic technologies, providing important insights into their ethical, legal and societal dimensions.

This book discusses medicine from an ethical perspective, whereas books on medical ethics more commonly present ethics from a bio-medical standpoint.

This book features articles by more than twenty experienced teachers of ethics who are committed to the idea that ethics can and should be taught virtually anywhere in the education curriculum.

What role should religion play in a religiously pluralistic liberal society?

This book provides a scientific and ethical approach to all forms of fraud and misconduct focusing on a scholarly however practice-oriented description of the problems, roots and potential solutions.

Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, this volume explores the reality of the principle of human dignity - a core value which is increasingly invoked in our societies and legal systems.

This edited volume provides strategies for reducing inequality and promoting human development through the use of innovative digital technology and the adoption of new bioethical principles for governance.

This book discusses ethical questions surrounding research and innovation in military and humanitarian contexts.

Suppose an accountant discovers evidence of shady practices while ex- amining the books of a client.

This book offers an overview on the growing field of nonhuman studies in relation to Anglophone novels.

This book brings together a number of essays that are optimistic about the ways certain neuroscientific insights might advance philosophical ethics, and other essays that are more circumspect about the relevance of neuroscience to philosophical ethics.

The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeholders and interest groups.

This book explores the religious language of Nonconformity used in ethical debates about animals.

This edited volume provides strategies for reducing inequality and promoting human development through the use of innovative digital technology and the adoption of new bioethical principles for governance.

Enhancing Human Capacities is the first to review the very latest scientific developments in human enhancement.

This book offers a reflection on the central role that the ethics of informed consent plays in Rapid Tissue Donation (RTD).

of UB's medical school, that UB developed its School of Arts and Sciences, and thus, assumed its place among the other institutions of higher education.

This book aims to show how film can increase awareness of the plight of farmed animals without exploiting them.

Sollten Gedächtnis und Aufmerksamkeit steigernde Psychopharmaka auch für gesunde Lernende zugelassen werden?

A concise and accessible introduction to the concept of species, exploring its historical, biological and philosophical uses.

This book provides a systematic analysis of the ethical implications of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM), focusing on pragmatic solutions.

Erstmals in der Geschichte besitzt der Mensch die Fähigkeit, die eigenen Gene zu verändern.

This volume elucidates the pivotal ethical and legal issues arising from the use of brain organoids for research, therapeutic and enhancement purposes.

Alternative medicine (AM) is popular; about 40% of the US general population have used alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%.

"e;Doubt is our product,"e; a cigarette executive once observed, "e;since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general public.

Case studies, personal accounts, and analysis show how to recognize and combat pseudoscience in a post-truth world.

Much recent thought on the ethics of new biomedical technologies, and work in ethics and political philosophy more generally, is committed to hidden and contestable views about the nature of biological reality.

This book offers a scientific whistleblower's perspective on current implementation of federal research misconduct regulations.

Marine mammals attract human interest - sometimes this interest is benign or positive - whale watching, conservation programmes for whales, seals, otters, and efforts to clear beaches of marine debris are seen as proactive steps to support these animals.

This book examines the intersections of bioethics, human rights and health equity.

This book is a comprehensive survey and a sustained treatment of the major topics in contemporary medical ethics from within the Roman Catholic tradition.

`Sanctity of life' and `human dignity' are two bioethical concepts that play an important role in bioethical discussions.

This edited volume represents a unique addition to the available literature on animal ethics, animal studies, and neuroethics.

This book is a wide-ranging synthesis of market developments in body tissue.

In this masterful book, Julian Hughes makes a convincing case that many acts in clinical and care practice are ethical matters.

In this book, Per Bauhn does three things.

This volume gives a comprehensive review on dromedary camel handling and management by respecting its welfare, which is a global first.

As noted in Volume 1, the Yearbook series alternates between a biennial volume tracing recent theological discussions on topics in bioethics and a biennial volume tracing recent regional discussions in bioethics.

The biological wealth of our planet is represented by the biodiversity that surrounds us.

This work offers a comprehensive understanding rooted in Catholic anthropology and moral theory of the meaning and limits of informed and proxy consent to experimentation on human subjects.

Internationally recognized scientists, clinicians, and technologists review and explain the fundamental molecular and cellular biology that has been applied to the emerging field of transplant immunology and xenotransplantation, and what impact these advances might optimally have on medicine and science.