Contemporary Debates in Bioethics

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Arthur L. Caplan (University of Pennsylvania) Robert Arp (Independent Researcher, USA)

Contemporary Debates in Bioethics

Arthur L. Caplan (University of Pennsylvania), Robert Arp (Independent Researcher, USA)

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Wiley-Blackwell
30 August 2013

Ethics & moral philosophy; Bio-ethics

Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy

Contemporary Debates in Bioethics features a timely collection of highly readable, debate-style arguments contributed by many of today's top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century.

Written in an engaging, debate-style format for accessibility to non-specialists Features general introductions to each topic that precede scholarly debates Presents the latest, cutting-edge thoughts on relevant bioethics ideas, arguments, and debates

Edited by: Arthur L. Caplan (University of Pennsylvania), Robert Arp (Independent Researcher, USA)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 201mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1.030kg
ISBN: 9781444337136
ISBN 10: 1444337130
Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy
Pages: 536
Publication Date: 30 August 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Arthur L. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and Head of the Division of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City. He is the author or editor of 30 books and more than 550 papers in refereed journals. His most recent books are Smart Mice Not So Smart People (2006) and the Penn Guide to Bioethics (2009). Robert Arp is co-editor of Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology (2009), author of Scenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving (2008) and co-editor of Information and Living Systems: Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives (2011).

Reviews for Contemporary Debates in Bioethics

?Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students.? (Choice, 1 July 2014) ?This outstanding volume brings the contemporary debates of bioethics to life. Thoughtful introductions to contextualize each topic combined with interactive debates results in an outstanding and unique resource.? ?David Magnus, Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University ?I savor controversies and debates and this riveting new book has 15 great ones from the field of bioethics, debates that transcend academic disputes to engage the public, public intellectuals, and the Supreme Court on topics like assisted suicide, gene patenting, human cloning, and health reform.? ?Mark Siegler, University of Chicago