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By (author) Vaughn Lewis
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Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-nine readings, numerous classic bioethical cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, this text addresses the most provocative and controversial topics in bioethics.
Table of contents:
PrefacePART 1. PRINCIPLES AND THEORIESChapter 1: Moral Reasoning in BioethicsEthics and BioethicsEthics and the Moral LifeIn Depth: Morality and the LawMoral Principles in BioethicsAutonomyNonmaleficenceBeneficenceUtilityJusticeEthical RelativismIn Depth: Anthropology and Moral DiversityEthics and ReligionMoral ArgumentsArgument FundamentalsPatterns of Moral ArgumentsReview: Valid and Invalid Argument FormsIn Depth: Fallacies in Moral ReasoningEvaluating PremisesAssessing Whole ArgumentsObstacles to Critical ReasoningKey TermsSummaryArgument ExercisesFurther ReadingNotesChapter 2: Bioethics and Moral TheoriesThe Nature of Moral TheoriesInfluential Moral TheoriesUtilitarianismIn Depth: Utilitarianism and the Golden RuleKantian EthicsPrinciplismNatural Law TheoryRawls” Contract TheoryVirtue EthicsIn Depth: Can Virtue Be Taught?The Ethics of CareFeminist EthicsCasuistryCriteria for Judging Moral TheoriesReview: Evaluating Moral Theories: Criteria of AdequacyApplying the CriteriaUtilitarianismKant”s TheoryKey TermsSummaryFurther ReadingNotesReadings:” Dena S. Davis” Ronald Dworkin, Thomas Nagel, Robert Nozick, John Rawls, Thomas Scanlon, and Judith Jarvis Thomson
Review quote:
Extremely well done for both undergraduate and graduate introduction to medical ethics courses. This text is comprehensive in its treatment of the issues I cover in my semester-length course on medical ethics.” – John Thomas Meadors, Mississippi College
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I found the book to be fairly comprehensive. There is simply more to choose from in this book. This book is up to date. The inclusion of stats and figures are still current and relevant.” – Kristemn Kringle-Bear, University of North Caroline Wilmington
Biographical note:
Lewis Vaughn is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Philosophy: Here and Now, Fourth Edition (2022), Bioethics, Fourth Edition (2020), The Power of Critical Thinking, Sixth Edition (2019), and Living Philosophy, Third Edition (2021), all published by Oxford University Press.
Review quote: previous edition:
“Extremely well done for both undergraduate and graduate introduction to medical ethics courses. This text is comprehensive in its treatment of the issues I cover in my semester-length course on medical ethics.”–John Thomas Meadors, Mississippi College”I found the book to be fairly comprehensive; there is simply more to choose from in this book. It is up to date and the inclusion of stats and figures are still current and relevant.”–Kristemn Kringle-Bear, University of North Caroline Wilmington
Publisher’s notice:
Lewis Vaughn is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Philosophy: Here and Now, Fourth Edition (2022), The Power of Critical Thinking, Seventh Edition (2021), and Living Philosophy, Third Edition (2021), all published by Oxford University Press.
Version history:
Selling point: A two-chapter introduction to bioethics, moral reasoning, moral theories, and critical thinkingSelling point: Each chapter contains: analyses of the most important arguments, a section titled “Applying Major Theories,” a section titled “Classic Case File,” and a bank of “Cases for Evaluation”Selling point: A diverse package of pedagogical aids
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