Bioethics : an introduction / Marianne Talbot.

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Part I. Bioethics and ethics. Biotechnology and bioethics : what it´s all about -- Ethics in general : ethics, action and freedom -- Ethics in the context of society : ethics, society and the law -- Ethical theories : virtue, duty and happiness -- Identifying and evaluating arguments : logic and morality -- General arguments : it´s unnatural, it´s disgusting, it´s risky, it´s only opinion -- Part II. The beginning and end of life. Section 1. Cloning. Therapeutic cloning : the moral status of embryos -- Reproductive cloning : science and science fiction -- Section 2. Reproduction. Reproductive freedom : rights, responsibilities and choice -- The resources of reproduction : eggs, sperm and wombs for sale -- Screening and embryo selection : eliminating disorders or people? -- Section 3. Ageing and death. Ageing and immortality : the search for longevity -- Death and killing : the quality and value of life -- Part III. In the midst of life. Section 4. Our duties to ourselves. Human enhancement : the more the better? -- Bio-information : databases, privacy and the fight against crime -- Security and defence : security sensitivity, publication and warfare -- Section 5. Our duties to each other. Food and energy security : GM food, biofuel and the media -- Bio-ownership : who owns the stuff of life? -- Human justice : the developed and developing worlds -- Section 6. Our duties to nature. Non-human animals : consciousness, rationality and animal rights -- The living and non-living environment : spaceship Earth -- Reflection, speculation and points to ponder.