Bioethics

Focusing on the period between the 1970s and the present, Life as Surplus is a pointed and important study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States today.

Winner of the Sociology of Health and Illness Book PrizeHIV has changed in the presence of recent biomedical technologies.

An introduction to the new area of ignorance studies that examines how science produces ignorance—both actively and passively, intentionally and unintentionally.

An exploration of the scientific mindset—such character virtues as curiosity, veracity, attentiveness, and humility to evidence—and its importance for science, democracy, and human flourishing.

An illustrated examination of laboratory architecture and the work that it does to engage the public, recruit scientists, and attract funding.

A pithy work of philosophical anthropology that explores why humans find moral orders in natural orders.

Can we can use the patterns and processes of convergent evolution to make inferences about universal laws of life, on Earth and elsewhere?

An accessible synthesis of ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence that moves beyond hype and nightmare scenarios to address concrete questions.

A critical examination of translational medicine, when private risk is transferred to the public sector and university research teams become tech startups for global investors.

An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists'' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence.

An examination of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension, including its desirability, unequal access, and the threat of overpopulation.

An argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective.

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

A generously illustrated examination of the boom in luxurious, resort-style scientific laboratories and how this affects scientists'' work.

The politics of scientific advice across four environmental conflicts in Chile, when the state acted as a “neutral broker” rather than protecting the common good.

An examination of eugenic thinking past and present, from forced sterilization to prenatal screening, drawing on experience with those who survived  eugenics.

An account of the complex relationship between technology and romanticism that links nineteenth-century monsters, automata, and mesmerism with twenty-first-century technology''s magic devices and romantic cyborgs.

A guide to the everyday decisions about right and wrong faced by physical scientists and research engineers.

The development of an epistemology that explains how science and art embody and convey understanding.

Lessons from the massive Chernobyl nuclear accident about how we deal with modern hazards that are largely imperceptible.

A pioneering proposal for a pluralistic extension of evolutionary theory, now updated to reflect the most recent research.

A nuanced discussion of human enhancement that argues for enhancement that does not significantly exceed what is currently possible for human beings.

Essays from a range of disciplinary perspectives show the central role that cooperation plays in structuring our world.

An argument against the “lifeboat ethic” of contemporary bioethics that views medicine as a commodity rather than a tradition of care and caring.

A cognitive science perspective on scientific development, drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computational modeling.

This book provides a complete guide to all the aspects to consider during planning, establishing and managing ethically and efficiently research animal care and use programs, taking into account all stakeholders involved in the process.

The book examines the social and cultural context of new genetic knowledge associated with breast cancer.

The last century saw two great revolutions in genetics; the development of classic Mendelian theory and the discovery and investigation of DNA.

Drawing on a wide range of interviews and primary and secondary sources, this book investigates the dynamic interactions between national regulatory formation and the global biopolitics of regenerative medicine and human embryonic stem cell science.

Mainstream discussions of ethics often search for a problem-solving theory or explore ontological status.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a site where hi-tech medicine and vulnerable human beings come into close contact.

This book addresses the question of animal rights in the context of literary criticism.

This book explores some of the complex ethical quandaries entailed by proposed phase III HIV preventive vaccine trials.

Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology.

An innovative and comprehensive guide that can be applied to a wide range of dialogue settings this educational tool for trainers in all fields of dialogue interpreting addresses not only the two key areas of Community- and Public Service Interpreting, the legal and health sectors, but also business interpreting.

A comprehensive review of recent scientific evidence examining the contributions of animal experimentation to human healthcare.

An assessment of some ethical implications of increasing life spans.

This exploration of the newly emerging, diverse, and controversial area of animal lawpresents a basic survey of the laws designed to protect animals, analyzing and critiquing them, and proposing a future where the legal regime properly recognizes and protects the inherent worth of all animals.

Structured around the five most important schools within contemporary political theory: liberalism, utilitarianism, communitarianism, Marxism and feminism, this is the first introductory level text to offer an accessible overview on the status of animals in contemporary political theory.

This book provides a collection of original essays on cutting-edge topics in medical ethics research.

Medical ethics in Imperial Germany were entangled with professional, legal and social issues.

The ethics of creating -- or declining to create -- human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on "e;self-creation"e;; and discussions of procreative rights and responsibilities, genetic engineering, and future generations.

Bioethical Prescriptions collects F.

Long before it cured disease, medicine aimed to relieve suffering-but despite that precedence, the relief of suffering often takes a back seat in today's biomedical research and treatment.

While scholars typically view Plato's engagement with medicine as uniform and largely positive, Susan B.

Is it right to use biomedical technologies to make us better than well or even perhaps better than human?

In The Ethics of Parenthood Norvin Richards explores the moral relationship between parents and children from slightly before the cradle to slightly before the grave.

Observing Bioethics examines the history of bioethics as a discipline related not only to modern biology, medicine, and biotechnology, but also to the core values and beliefs of American society and its courts, legislatures, and media.

"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.

From the time of Locke, discussions of personal identity have often ignored the question of our basic metaphysical nature: whether we human people are biological organisms, spatial or temporal parts of organisms, bundles of perceptions, or what have you.