Bioethics 2e

by Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse

Book Overview

The new edition of the classic collection of key readings in bioethics, fully updated to reflect the latest developments and main issues in the field For more than two decades, Bioethics: An Anthology... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405129484
• ISBN13: 9781405129480
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 738 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Bioethics, for genreal interest and further study.

The Blackwells Anthology on Bioethics provides a strong material based support for courses in Bioethics or applied Philopsophy. It's two best features are that it contains the articles that most Bioethics courses will require you to read (Response to Purdy, for example) and yet most of the articles are in easy to understand language and require little or no previous knowledge. Also, far from being the dry tomes one associates with philosophical essays, the articles are genuinely engaging. There are a few articles where if you haven't read Kant or Mill before you might be stuck, but most are easy to read and some entries are written by lay people about their experiences, including one mans suicide note as an argument for euthanasia and a couples experiences of IVF. The editorial really helps to highlight the issues in the book and it is arranged in an acessible format, so that one can skip areas that aren't of interest. Useful to students or acaedemics (in Medicine or Philosophy) and fascinating for anyone who wants to look into this area.