Contemporary Debates in Bioethics (Contemporary Debates in Philosophy)

ISBN 10: 1444337149 / ISBN 13: 9781444337143

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

About this Item

Good condition softcover book. Shelf wear and light bumping to covers. Light smudging to page edges. Heavy highlighting and marginalia throughout part 7.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contemporary Debates in Bioethics (Contemporary Debates in Philosophy)
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444337149
• ISBN 13: 9781444337143
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 7.5W x 9.75H x 1.21D inches 7.5 inches width by 9.75 inches height by 1.21 inches depth
• Weight: 2.211 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Contemporary Debates in Bioethics features a timely collection of highly readable, debate-style arguments contributed by many of today's top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century.

• Written in an engaging, debate-style format for accessibility to non-specialists
• Features general introductions to each topic that precede scholarly debates
• Presents the latest, cutting-edge thoughts on relevant bioethics ideas, arguments, and debates

About the Author

Arthur L. Caplan is the Ors William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and Head of the Division of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City. He is the author or editor of 30 books and more than 550 papers in refereed journals. His most recent books are Smart Mice Not So Smart People (2006) and the Penn Guide to Bioethics (2009).

Robert Arp is co-editor of Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology (2009), author of Scenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving (2008), and co-editor of Information and Living Systems: Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives (2011).