The biological foundation of bioethics
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780198712657
- ISBN10 0198712650
- Tipus LLIBRE
- Pàgines 222
- Any Edició 2015
- Idioma Anglès
- Encuadernació Tela
Matèries
ètica / Filosofía MoralThe biological foundation of bioethics
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
Much recent thought on the ethics of new biomedical technologies, and work in ethics and political philosophy more generally, is committed to hidden and contestable views about the nature of biological reality. This selection of essays by Tim Lewens, a leading expert in the field, teases out these biological foundations of bioethical writing and subjects them to scrutiny. The topics covered include human enhancement, the risks of technical progress, the alleged moral threat of synthetic biology, the reality of human nature, the relevance of evolutionary psychology to social policy, the nature of the distinction between health and disease, and justice in healthcare decision-making.