Bioethics (eBook)

Stephen Holland is Reader in the Departments of Philosophy and Health Sciences at the University of York.

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction 1

Part I Moral Status

Introduction to Part I 9

1 Stem Cell Therapy 11

2 Xenotransplantation 29

Part I: Concluding Remarks 48

Part II Life, Death and Killing

Introduction to Part II 53

3 The Value of Life 55

4 What is Death? 68

5 Killing versus Letting Die 85

Part II: Concluding Remarks 103

Part III Personal Identity

Introduction to Part III 107

6 Prenatal Genetic Intervention 111

7 Advance Directives 127

Part III: Concluding Remarks 147

Part IV The Normativity of the 'Natural'

Introduction to Part IV 151

8 Managing Reproduction 159

9 Genetic Enhancement 172

10 Human Cloning 191

Part IV: Concluding Remarks 203

Concluding Remark: Deontic Constraints on Biomedicine 205

References 208

Index 218

"Steven Holland?s Bioethics has become established as the best one volume introduction to philosophical bioethics. I recommend it warmly to students of philosophy and bioethics, but the general reader will also find it enjoyable and accessible. I am delighted to welcome its second edition."

Richard Ashcroft, Queen Mary University of London

"Anyone wishing to get their bearings on the fundamental philosophical questions about moral status, personal identity, life, death, killing, and appeals to nature, that underlie issues in bioethics, should start with Stephen Holland?s book. It is an excellent, balanced work that introduces bioethics in the way that it should be introduced, that is, with some philosophical depth."

John P. Lizza, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania