Irina Pollard

Life, Love and Children

A Practical Introduction to Bioscience Ethics and Bioethics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discussion of bioscience ethics requires understanding of the science that underpins biological systems impinging on our lives. Unencumbered by the formal structure of ethics, bioethics presents a forum for discussion of practical matters of individual and collective concern. This comprehensive text is a guide to the essentials of bioscience ethics and an interface between applied science and applied bioethics.

Early chapters embrace topics affecting human reproduction - substance abuse and parenthood, aging gametes and congenital malformations, child abuse and its biological consequences.

Intermediate chapters deal with end-of-life care and euthanasia, human fertility, assisted reproductive technologies, genetic engineering, and cloning.

Remaining chapters challenge human-dominated ecosystems. Population growth, economic activity, and warfare - with its environmental consequences - are reviewed. A background section describes the evolution of ethical consciousness, explores the future, and proposes that the reworking of ethical boundaries can enhance mature decision-making in harmony with changing technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4020-7294-9
• 2002
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781402072949
• ISBN-10: 1402072945
• Artikelnr.: 22463412

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures. Preface. Acknowledgements.1. Historical Perspective.2. Inappropriate Lifestyle and Congenital Disability in Children: Basic Principles of Growth, Toxicology, Teratogenesis and Mutagenesis.3. Substance Abuse and Parenthood: Biological Mechanisms Ethical Responsibilities. Behavioral Variables Biological Consequences. Behavioral Variables Bioethical Challenges.4. Ovulatory Method of Birth Control: Aging Gametes and Congenital Malformations in Children.5. Understanding Child Abuse and its Biological Consequences.6. The State of Wellbeing: On Health and Ill-Health.7. The State of Wellbeing: On the End of Life Care and Euthanasia.8. Procreative Technology: Achievements and Desired Goals.9. The Recombinant DNA Technologies. Genetic Engineering and Related Technologies Biological Perspective. The Human Genome and the Human Genome Diversity Project.10. Cloning Technology.11. Human Dominated Ecosystems: Re-Evaluating Environmental Properties. Population Growth and Economic Activity: Are we Overstraining our Limits? Understanding Living Cycles and Anticipating Environmental Policies Rather Than Relying on Remedial Measures.12. Human Dominated Ecosystems: Reclaiming the Future by Taking Due Account of Following Generations. Self-Destructive Behavior and the Environment.13. Human Dominated Ecosystems: Warfare Fitness Enhancement or Losing Strategy.14. Human Dominated Ecosystems: Reworking Bioethical Frontiers. Global Responsibility - a Transboundary Détente to Developmental Needs and Environmental Preservation. Stewardship of Mother Earth - In Defense of the Global Commons.Selected Bibliography.Index.