Against bioethics / Jonathan Baron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baron, Jonathan, 1944-

Series:

Basic bioethics.

Basic bioethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics--Philosophy.

Medical ethics--Decision making.

Decision making.

Informed consent (Medical law).

Duress (Law).

Physical Description:

xii, 236 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Argues that applied bioethics should embrace utilitarian decision analysis, thus avoiding recommendations expected to do more harm than good.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Bioethics vs. Utilitarianism

Chapter 3 Utilitarianism and Decision Analysis

Chapter 4 Going Against Nature

Chapter 5 Death and the Value of Life

Chapter 6 Coercion and Consent

Chapter 7 Con ict of Interest

Chapter 8 Drug Research

Chapter 9 Allocation

Chapter 10 The Bigger Picture

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09736-9

9786612097362

0-262-26772-1

1-4237-6985-6

OCLC:

68192253