A Companion to Bioethics
Kuhse, Helga [Editor]; Singer, Peter [Editor];
Language: English
Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
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- Title
- A Companion to Bioethics
- Author
- Kuhse, Helga [Editor]; Singer, Peter [Editor];
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1444350846
- ISBN 13
- 9781444350845
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Item weight
- 35 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6x1x9
- Series
- Book 41 of 68: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.
- Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teaching
- Now includes new essays on currently controversial topics such as cloning and genetic enhancement
- Topics are clearly and compellingly presented by internationally renowned bioethicists
- A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves
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About the Author
Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than forty books, including Animal Liberation (first published in 1975), widely credited with triggering the modern animal-rights movement, Practical Ethics (Third Edition, 2011), In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave (Blackwell, 2005), The Moral of the Story: An Anthology of Ethics Through Literature (co-edited with Renata Singer, Blackwell, 2004) and The Life You Can Save (2009). He was the founding president of the International Association of Bioethics, and in 2005, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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