Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases 5th Edition by Lewis Vaughn, ISBN-13: 978-0197609026

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Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases 5th Edition by Lewis Vaughn, ISBN-13: 978-0197609026

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• Publisher: ‎ Oxford University Press; 5th edition (June 22, 2022)
• Language: ‎ English
• 784 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0197609023
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0197609026

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:

Cover Page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Preface

Topics and Readings

Special Features

New to this Edition

A Chapter on Pandemic Ethics

A Chapter on Race, Racial Bias, and Health Care

Updates

New Readings

Ancillaries

Acknowledgments

1 Principles and Theories

Chapter 1 Moral Reasoning in Bioethics

Ethics and Bioethics

Ethics and the Moral Life

Moral Principles in Bioethics

Autonomy

Nonmaleficence

Beneficence

Utility

Justice

Ethical Relativism

Ethics and Religion

Moral Arguments

Argument Fundamentals

Patterns of Moral Arguments

Evaluating Premises

Assessing Whole Arguments

Obstacles to Critical Reasoning

Denying Contrary Evidence

Looking for Confirming Evidence

Motivated Reasoning

Preferring Available Evidence

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Summary

Argument Exercises

Exercise 1.1

Exercise 1.2

Exercise 1.3

Exercise 1.4

Further Reading

Notes

List of Key Terms

Chapter 2 Bioethics and Moral Theories

The Nature of Moral Theories

Influential Moral Theories

Utilitarianism

Kantian Ethics

Principlism

Natural Law Theory

Rawls’s Contract Theory

Virtue Ethics

The Ethics of Care

Feminist Ethics

Casuistry

Criteria for Judging Moral Theories

Applying the Criteria

Utilitarianism

Kant’s Theory

Summary

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

2 Medical Professional and Patient

Chapter 3 Paternalism and Patient Autonomy

Shades of Autonomy and Paternalism

Refusing Treatment

Futile Treatment

Applying Major Theories

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

Chapter 4 Truth-Telling and Confidentiality

Paternalism and Deception

Confidential Truths

Applying Major Theories

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

Chapter 5 Informed Consent

Autonomy and Consent

Conditions of Informed Consent

Applying Major Theories

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

Chapter 6 Human Research

The Science of Clinical Trials

Beneficence, Science, and Placebos

Science and Informed Consent

Research on the Vulnerable

Applying Major Theories

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

3 Life and Death

Chapter 7 Abortion

Starting Point: The Basics

The Legal Struggle

Persons and Rights

Applying Major Theories

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

Chapter 8 Reproductive Technology

In Vitro Fertilization

Surrogacy

Cloning

Applying Major Theories

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

Chapter 9 Genetic Choices

Genes and Genomes

Genetic Testing

Gene Therapy

Stem Cells

Applying Major Theories

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

Chapter 10 Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Deciding Life and Death

Autonomy, Mercy, and Harm

Applying Major Theories

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

4 Justice and Health Care

Chapter 11 Dividing Up Health Care Resources

Health Care in Trouble

Theories of Justice

A Right to Health Care

The Ethics of Rationing

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

Chapter 12 Pandemic Ethics

Pandemic Facts

When Resources are Scarce

Personal Choices

Covid Falsehoods

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Readings

List of Key Terms

Chapter 13 Race, Racial Bias, and Health Care

Race and Racism

Health Disparities and Race

Implicit Bias in Health Care

Racial Profiling in Medicine

Summary

Cases for Evaluation

Further Reading

Notes

Reading

List of Key Terms

Appendix

Answers to Chapter 1 Exercises

Exercise 1.1

Exercise 1.2

Exercise 1.3

Exercise 1.4

Glossary

Index

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

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.

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