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Medicine and moral reasoning

Title
Medicine and moral reasoning / edited by K.W.M. Fulford, Grant R. Gillett, and Janet Martin Soskice.
Publication
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Fulford, K. W. M.
  • Gillett, Grant, 1950-
  • Soskice, Janet Martin.
Description
ix, 207 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
A collection examining the theoretical basis of medical ethics and the nature of moral thinking.
Subject
  • Medical ethics
  • Judgment (Ethics)
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Morals
  • Medizinische Ethik
  • Philosophie
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Medische ethiek
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: diverse ethics / K. William M. Fulford, Grant R. Gillett and Janet M. Soskice. -- 2. Darwinism and ethics / Mary Midgley. -- 3. Creation and relation / Janet Martin Soskice. -- 4. Embryo experimentation: public policy in a pluralist society / Richard M. Hare. -- 5. Ethical considerations in genetic testing: an empirical study of presymptomatic diagnosis of Huntington's disease / Jason Brandt. -- 6. Identity matters / Michael Lockwood. -- 7. The virtues in a professional setting / William F. May. -- 8. Medical ethics, moral philosophy and moral tradition / Thomas H. Murray. -- 9. Roman suicide / Miriam Griffin. -- 10. Women and children first / Grant R. Gillet. -- 11. Moral uncertainty and human embryo experimentation / Graham Oddie. -- 12. Morality: invention or discovery? / James O. Urmson. -- 13. Quality of life and health care / Roger Crisp. -- 14. Dependency: the foundational value in medical ehtics / Alastair V. Campbell. -- 15. Not more medical ethics / K. William M Fulford.
ISBN
  • 0521436931
  • 9780521436939
  • 052145946X
  • 9780521459464
  • 0521453259
  • 9780521453257
LCCN
93010595
OCLC
  • ocm27974313
  • 27974313
  • SCSB-2018109
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library