The ethical canary [[electronic resource] ] : science, society and the human spirit / / Margaret Somerville

• Autore: Somerville Margaret A
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004
• Edizione: [Pbk. ed.].
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 344 p
• Disciplina: 174/.957
• Soggetto topico: Bioethics; Science - Moral and ethical aspects
• Note generali: "First published in Viking by Penguin Books Canada Limited, 2000"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Prologue -- Searching for Ethics in a Secular Society -- Making and Un-Making Babies -- Immortalizing Our Genetic Selves -- Crossing the Animal-Human Divide -- Dealing with Death -- Terminating Life Support without Consent -- Pushing Parents to the Sidelines -- Altering Baby Boys’ Bodies -- Denying Health Care to Individuals -- Structuring Healthcare Systems -- Creating an Ethics Toolbox -- Epilogue -- Sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Every day we hear news about medical or scientific breakthroughs and the complex ethical issues they raise. Feats that were never before possible, including cloning, genetically modifying food, mapping human chromosomes, and using animal organs for human transplants, have opened up a Pandora's box of ethical questions. Technology is advancing at such rate that the issue is not so much what we can do but rather whether we will do it. Margaret Somerville, a leading international authority on medicine, ethics, and the law, demonstrates that society must set ethically acceptable limits on scientific advances. In this controversial, and timely book Somerville sheds light on the urgent ethical and legal questions that vie for our attention. Along the way, she calls upon us to recognize the mysteries that lie at the heart of our lives and the metaphysical reality that gives meaning to life. The Ethical Canary is a major contribution to the debate about the hottest issues in ethics today, from one of the world's leading authorities.
• Titolo autorizzato: The ethical canary
• ISBN: 1-282-86288-X; 9786612862885; 0-7735-7220-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782719303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II