From reason to practice in bioethics an anthology dedicated to the works of John Harris / edited by John Coggon, Sarah Chan, Søren Holm and Thomasine Kushner.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015. |
| Description | xix, 244 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Coggon, John, 1980- |
| Other author/creator | Chan, Sarah (Researcher in bioethics) |
| Other author/creator | Holm, Søren, 1963- |
| Other author/creator | Kushner, Thomasine Kimbrough. |
| Other author/creator | Harris, John, 1945- |
| Series | Contemporary issues in bioethics, law and medical humanities Contemporary issues in bioethics, law and medical humanities. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Part 1. Introductions -- Editors' introduction / John Coggon, Sarah Chan, Søren Holm, and Thomasine Kushner -- Thought and memory / John Harris -- Part 2. Grounding moral arguments -- On moral nose / Jonathan Glover -- Hanging around with Jackson: consistency in ethical argument, and how to avoid it / Richard Ashcroft -- The unbearable desire for explicitness and rationality in bioethics / Michael Parker and Micaela Ghisleni -- Moral epistemology and the survival lottery /Torbjörn Tännsjö -- Harris and the criticism of the status quo / Florencia Luna -- The natural as a moral category / Harry Lesser -- Making sense of human dignity / Deryck Beyleveld -- Why we should save the anthropocentric person / Simon Woods -- Part 3. From ethics to policy and practice -- Why the reasonable man is not always right? / Margaret Brazier -- Why the body matters: reflections on John Harris's account of organ procurement / Alastair V. Campbell -- Harris's principle of justice in health care / Ruth Macklin -- Equality revisited / Andrew Edgar -- The safety of the people and the case against invasive health promotion / Andreas Hasman -- Could we reduce racism with one easy dip? What a thought-experiment about race-colour change makes us see / Margaret P. Battin -- Against mumps, Meursault, McDonald's and Marlboro: On the immunization of children against smoking, alcohol and drugs / Inez de Beaufort -- Killing and allowing to die / Raanan Gillon -- Part 4. John Harris responds -- Response to and reflections on chapters 3-18 / John Harris. |
| Abstract | From reason to practice in bioethics brings together original contributions from some of the world's leading scholars in the field of bioethics. With a particular focus on, and critical engagement with, the influential work of Professor John Harris, the book provides a detailed exploration of some of the most interesting and challenging philosophical and practical questions raised in bioethics.-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-237) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015302804 |
| ISBN | 9780719096235 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0719096235 (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |