Table of Contents
1 COVER
6 1 INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS 1.1 Religion and Ethics 1.2 Law and Ethics 1.3 Ethical Relativism 1.4 Why be Ethical? Website Links
7 2 ETHICAL THEORY 2.1 Virtue Ethics 2.2 Feminist Ethics 2.3 Utilitarian Ethics 2.4 Rule‐Based Ethics 2.5 ‘Georgetown Mantra’ 2.6 Contract Theory Website Links
8 3 BASICS OF BIOETHICS 3.1 History and Scope of Bioethics 3.2 Who Can Claim to be a Bioethicist? 3.3 Organizations and Journals 3.4 Policy Advice 3.5 Common Arguments in Bioethics 3.6 Playing God 3.7 Unnatural and Abnormal 3.8 Dignity 3.9 Nazi Arguments in Bioethics 3.10 Slippery‐Slope Arguments 3.11 Treating Someone as a Means Website Links
9 4 MORAL STANDING: WHAT MATTERS 4.1 Moral Standing and Moral Status 4.2 Species Membership 4.3 Sentientism 4.4 Capabilities 4.5 Biocentrism 4.6 Holism 4.7 The Future Website Links
10 5 BEGINNING OF LIFE 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Ethical Arguments about Reproductive Rights and Responsibilities 5.3 Issues in Assisted Reproduction 5.4 Embryos, Fetuses and Abortion Website Links
11 6 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL‐PATIENT RELATIONSHIP 6.1 Informed Consent 6.2 Paternalism 6.3 Deciding for Others 6.4 Truth Telling 6.5 Confidentiality 6.6 Conscience Matters 6.7 Duty to Treat Website Links
12 7 RESEARCH ETHICS 7.1 Elements of Ethical Research 7.2 Clinical Research: The Basics 7.3 Animal Experiments 7.4 Informed Consent 7.5 Trial‐Related Injuries 7.6 Benefits 7.7 Benefiting from Evil 7.8 Ethical Issues Affecting Clinical Research Involving the Catastrophically Ill 7.9 Developing World Website Links
13 8 GENETICS 8.1 Genetics and Genomics 8.2 Gene Therapy: Somatic and Germline 8.3 Genomic Research 8.4 Personalized Medicine 8.5 Other Issues in Genetics and Genomics Website Links
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