Against Bioethics - Table of Contents

February 2006
6 x 9, 248 pp., 6 illus.
$31.00/£22.95 (CLOTH)
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ISBN-10:
0-262-02596-5
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-02596-6

Paper (2007)

Basic Bioethics

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Against Bioethics
Jonathan Baron

	Series Foreword Sample Chapter - Download PDF (33 KB)			ix

	Preface Sample Chapter - Download PDF (37 KB)			xi

1	Introduction Sample Chapter - Download PDF (56 KB)			1

		1.1	What this book tries to do	4

2	Bioethics vs. Utilitarianism			9

		2.1	History: Nuremberg and Tuskegee	10

		2.2	Principles of bioethics	12

		2.3	Bioethical principles vs. utilitarianism	15

		2.4	Rules and flowcharts	20

		2.5	Conclusion	23

3	Utilitarianism and Decision Analysis			25

		3.1	Utilitarianism	25

		3.2	Intuitive judgments	43

		3.3	Multiattribute utility theory (MAUT)	46

		3.4	Attributes and values	48

		3.5	Conclusion	50

4	Going Against Nature			51

		4.1	Enhancements: genes, drugs, and mind control	52

		4.2	Deficits and drugs	64

		4.3	Reproduction	67

		4.4	Extending life	77

		4.5	Conclusion	81

5	Death and the Value of Life			83

		5.1	The value of life and health: QALYs	84

		5.2	Advance directives	89

		5.3	Euthanasia and assisted suicide	90

		5.4	Organ donation and the definition of death	95

		5.5	Conclusion	95

6	Coercion and Consent			97

		6.1	The value of choice	97

		6.2	The flat maximum	99

		6.3	Coercion	103

		6.4	Research on people who cannot consent	106

		6.5	Why consent?	108

		6.6	Altruism, hope, and consent	117

		6.7	Competence to consent	119

		6.8	Responsibility and the law	125

		6.9	Conclusion	129

7	Conflict of Interest			131

		7.1	Ethics	132

		7.2	Reforming the IRB	138

		7.3	Privacy	150

		7.4	Conclusion	154

8	Drug Research			155

		8.1	Recruiting subjects for drug trials	155

		8.2	Placebo controls	164

		8.3	New drug approval	175

		8.4	Conclusion	176

9	Allocation			179

		9.1	Allocation heuristics and biases	180

		9.2	Allocation in practice	188

		9.3	What to do about biases	201

		9.4	Conclusion	203

10	The Bigger Picture Sample Chapter - Download PDF (82 KB)			205

		10.1	World health and the politics of improving it	205

		10.2	Environment, animals, and future people	208

		10.3	Waste	210

		10.4	Conclusion	212

	References Sample Chapter - Download PDF (113 KB)			215

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (32 KB)			233

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