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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824192603321

Titolo

Ethics, law, and society . Volume 3 / / edited by Jennifer Gunning and Sren Holm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-351-56772-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Ethics, law, and society ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

GunningJennifer

HolmSren

Disciplina

174

Soggetti

Applied ethics

Civilization

Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Introduction -- PART I: BIOETHICS -- 2 On Waving the Embryos Banner: Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Moral Reasoning in Recent Reports from the USA, the Netherlands and France -- 3 Bioethics, Procedural Ethics, and Misrepresentation in the Stem Cell Debate -- 4 Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Related to Cell Therapy -- 5 Boy or Girl: Should Parents be Allowed to Choose the Sex of Their Children? -- 6 Bad Science Equals Poor, Not Necessarily Bad, Ethics -- PART II: ETHICS AND SOCIETY -- 7 Dignity and Older Europeans -- 8 Guidelines for Embryo Donation for Reproductive Purposes in New Zealand: A Child/Family Approach -- 9 Assisted Reproduction and the Welfare of the Child -- 10 Body Immortal -- 11 Masculinity, Reproductivity and Law -- 12 Being Natural: An Exploration of the Natural in the Writings of Hans Christian Andersen -- PART III: BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS -- 13 Genes for Sale: Ethical Reflections on Donors' Proprietary Rights in Human Genetic Derivatives -- 14 4x4 Cars and the City: What are the Limits of Vehicle Manufacturer Responsibility? -- 15 From 'Jim Crow' to 'John Doe': Reparations, Corporate Liability and the Limits of Private Law -- 16 A Crisis of Professional Self-regulation: The Example of the



Solicitors' Profession -- PART IV: COMMENTARIES -- 17 The National DNA Database: Why No Public Debate? -- 18 Can the Cell Nuclear Replacement Technique be Used to Overcome Genetic Disease? -- 19 The Human Condition and the Pursuit of Perfection in Human Reproduction -- 20 Drug Testing and the Use of Healthy Volunteers -- 21 The Assisted Dying Bill: 'Death Tourism' and European Law -- 22 Could Do Better? Hegemony and Freedom in Cyberspace.

23 Treatment in Time of Sudden Infectious Pandemic: The Need for a Proactive, Practical, Proportionate, Prophylactic Ethical Response to the Threat of Pandemic Influenza -- 24 Toy Stories, Horror Stories and Fairy Tales -- 25 Herceptin in the Adjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer -- 26 End of Life Decision-making: The Implications of the Court of Appeal Decision in Burke v General Medical Council -- 27 Does Nanotechnology Require a New 'Nanoethics'? -- 28 Medically Assisted Procreation in Italy: The Referendum and the Roman Catholic Church -- 29 From Fridge Mountains to Food Mountains? Tackling the UK Food Waste Problem -- 30 A Gain for Autonomy and Reproductive Choice: The Issue of 'Saviour Siblings' Resolved -- 31 Human Rights and Gypsies: It is Time for a Rethink -- 32 Forgetting to be Nice: The National Institute for Clinical Excellence's Preliminary Recommendations Concerning Drugs for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This key collection brings together a selection of papers commissioned and published by the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law & Society. It incorporates contributions from a group of international experts along with a selection of short opinion pieces written in response to specific ethical issues. The collection addresses issues arising in biomedical and medical ethics ranging from assisted reproductive technologies to the role of clinical ethics committees. It examines broader societal issues with particular emphasis on sustainability and the environment and also focuses on issues of human rights in current global contexts. The contributors collect responses to issues arising from high profile cases such as the legitimacy of war in Iraq to physician-related suicide. The volume will provide a valuable resource for practitioners and academics with an interest in ethics across a range of disciplines.