From the mapping of the human genome to the distrust of American clinical research, from the cloning of barnyard animals to the prosecution of physicians for helping patients to die, debates surrounding bioethics are ubiquitous. All over the world, bioethical discussion, education, and debate have become the most important interface between theories about how the world should be and the practices that are changing human nature. In a time when health care practices and scientific research conjure a vision of scarce resources, high technology, and vast inequities, bioethics is among the most important and controversial areas of contemporary scholarly research.
Reaching Readers around the World and across Disciplines
Basic Bioethics, the exciting new interdisciplinary book series from The MIT Press, extends the reach of book-length scholarship in bioethics to a general audience. titles in the Basic Bioethics series represent a broad range of approaches to bioethics, all argued in the aggressive and inventive style for which The MIT Press has become known. Basic Bioethics comprises carefully crafted, peer-reviewed scholarship. More important, Basic Bioethics represents a fundamental recognition that for bioethics to make a truly global difference in science and ethics, it must reach a diverse international audience and offer real options and challenges to those whose work and lives are touched by the questions debated in bioethics.
Submissions
The series editors welcome proposals in the broadly construed area of bioethics. Books appropriate for this series include professional works on specific or interdisciplinary topics, textbooks at the introductory or advanced level, and trade monographs presenting sound scholarship that separates the science from the science fiction in this field. For additional information, or to submit proposals, please contact Clay Morgan at The MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA, tel. 617-253-4113, fax 617-258-6779, email claym@mit.edu.
Against Bioethics Jonathan Baron Argues that applied bioethics should embrace utilitarian decision analysis, thus avoiding recommendations expected to do more harm than good. Cloth / February 2006 Price $29.00 | ADD TO CART
Against Bioethics Jonathan Baron Argues that applied bioethics should embrace utilitarian decision analysis, thus avoiding recommendations expected to do more harm than good. Paper / September 2007 Price $16.00 | ADD TO CART
Bioethics Ancient Themes in Contemporary Issues Mark G. Kuczewski and Ronald Polansky (Eds.) Contemporary bioethicists and scholars of ancient philosophy explore the import of classical ethics on pressing bioethical concerns. Cloth / November 2000 Price $67.50 | ADD TO CART
Bioethics Ancient Themes in Contemporary Issues Mark G. Kuczewski and Ronald Polansky (Eds.) Contemporary bioethicists and scholars of ancient philosophy explore the import of classical ethics on such pressing bioethical concerns. Paper / February 2002 Price $27.00 | ADD TO CART
Bioethics and Armed Conflict Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War Michael L. Gross An analysis of medical ethics during war and the inherent conflict between the principles of bioethics and the morally legitimate but competing demands of military necessity. Cloth / June 2006 OUT OF STOCK
Bioethics and Armed Conflict Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War Michael L. Gross An analysis of medical ethics during war and the inherent conflict between the principles of bioethics and the morally legitimate but competing demands of military necessity. Paper / June 2006 Price $28.00 | ADD TO CART
Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care An Institutional Compromise Holly Fernandez Lynch A balanced proposal that protects both a patient's access to care and a physician's ability to refuse to provide certain services for reasons of conscience. Cloth / October 2008 Price $34.00 | ADD TO CART
Current Controversies in the Biological Sciences Case Studies of Policy Challenges from New Technologies Karen F. Greif and Jon F. Merz Explores the interactions between science and government in making biomedical and environmental policy decisions, illustrated by case studies of such topics as the Human Genome Project, assisted reproductive technology, the approval process for AIDS drugs, media coverage of the "war" on cancer, and the government response to the post-9/11 anthrax-laced mail. Paper / April 2007 Price $25.00 | ADD TO CART
Current Controversies in the Biological Sciences Case Studies of Policy Challenges from New Technologies Karen F. Greif and Jon F. Merz Explores the interactions between science and government in making biomedical and environmental policy decisions, illustrated by case studies of such topics as the Human Genome Project, assisted reproductive technology, the approval process for AIDS drugs, media coverage of the "war" on cancer, and the government response to the post-9/11 anthrax-laced mail. Cloth / April 2007 Price $62.00 | ADD TO CART
Design and Destiny Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification Ronald Cole-Turner (Ed.) Scholars discuss the genetic modification of embryonic cells from the viewpoints of traditional Jewish and Christian teaching, considering both the possible therapeutic benefits of this technology and moral concerns about its implementation. Cloth / March 2008 Price $55.00 | ADD TO CART
Design and Destiny Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification Ronald Cole-Turner (Ed.) Scholars discuss the genetic modification of embryonic cells from the viewpoints of traditional Jewish and Christian teaching, considering both the possible therapeutic benefits of this technology and moral concerns about its implementation. Paper / March 2008 Price $22.00 | ADD TO CART
DNA and the Criminal Justice System The Technology of Justice David Lazer (Ed.) Examines the impact of DNA technology on issues of ethics, civil liberties, privacy, and security. Cloth / November 2004 OUT OF STOCK
End-of-Life Decision Making A Cross-National Study Robert H. Blank and Janna C. Merrick (Eds.) Experts analyze death-related issues and policies in twelve countries, discussing health care costs, advance directives, pain management, cultural, social, and religious factors, and other topics. Cloth / January 2005 Price $32.00 | ADD TO CART
End-of-Life Decision Making A Cross-National Study Robert H. Blank and Janna C. Merrick (Eds.) Experts analyze death-related issues and policies in twelve countries, discussing health care costs, advance directives, pain management, cultural, social, and religious factors, and other topics. Paper / March 2007 Price $16.00 | ADD TO CART
Ethics and the Metaphysics of Medicine Reflections on Health and Beneficence Kenneth A. Richman Explores the philosophical and practical ethical implications of a definition of health as a state that allows us to reach our goals. Cloth / July 2004 Price $29.00 | ADD TO CART
