Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases

By Lewis Vaughn

Book Overview

Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, Fourth Edition, explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-seven readings--ten of them new to this edition--substantive introductions to each issue, numerous classic bioethical cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, this text addresses the most provocative and controversial topics in bioethics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190903260
• ISBN13: 9780190903268
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 2.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.1"