Moral problems in medicine : a practical coursebook

Introduction; Ethics; What is Ethics?; What is Medical Ethics; The Principles of Moral Actions: Normative Ethics; Questions; Bibliography; Egoism; What is Egoism?; Psychological Egoism; Ethical Egoism; Discussion: Egoism and the Right to Life; The right to Life; The right to Life and Abortion; Extract 1 Judith Jarvis Thomson A Defense of Abortion; Extract 2 John T Noonan How to Argue About Abortion; Extract 3 Laura Purdy and Michael Tooley Is Abortion Murder?; The Right to life and Euthanasia; Extract 4 James Rachels Active and Passive Euthanasia; Extract 5 Yale Kamisar Some Non-religious views against proposed Mercy-killing legislation; Extract 6 Timothy Quill Death and Dignity; Utilitarianism; The Theory of Jeremy Bentham; The Principle of Utility; The Hedonic Calculus; The Theory of John Stuart Mill; Some Criticisms of Utilitarianism; Discussion: Utilitarianism and the Ethics of Experimentation; Human Experimentation; Extract 1 Paul Ramsey The Ethics of Consent; Extract 2 George J Annas Baby Fae; Extract 3 Willard Gaylin Harvesting the Dead; Animal Experimentation; Extract 4 Tom Regan The Other Victim; Extract 5 Peter Singer All Animals are Equals; Extract 6 Carl Cohen The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research; The Ethical Theory of Immanuel Kant; The Good Will; The Categorical Imperative; Some Criticisms and Amendments of Kant; Discussion: Kant and the Ethics of Truth-Telling; The Duty of Truth; Autonomy and Paternalism; Extract 1 Sissela Bok Placebos; Extract 2 Mack Lipkin On Lying to Patients; Extract 3 Grant Gillett AIDS and Confidentiality; Determinism and Free Will; Hard Determinism; Libertarianism; Soft Determinism; Discussion: Medical Practice and the Ethics of Behaviour Control; Psychological Behaviourism; Bio-Behaviourism; Medical Practice and Behaviourism; Extract 1 Robert Nevill Sterilizing the Mildly Mentally Retarded without their Consent; Extract 2 Joseph Fletcher Ethical Limits of Genetic Control; Extract 3 Marc Lappe The Limit of Genetic Control; Appendix: Meta-Ethics; Ethical Naturalism; Ethical Non-Naturalism; Ethical Non-Cognitivism; Index.