基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1998. Brings together new work, by an international group of contributors from various fields and perspectives, on ethical, social, and legal issues raised by recent advances in reproductive technology.
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ISSUES IN BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
General Editors: John Harris, University of Manchester; Søren Holm, University of Copenhagen.
Consulting Editor: Ranaan Gillon, Director, Imperial College Health Service, London.
North American Consulting Editor: Bonnie Steinbock, Professor of Philosophy, SUNY, Albany.
The late twentieth century has witnessed dramatic technological developments in biomedical science and the delivery of health care, and these developments have brought with them important social changes. All too often ethical analysis has lagged behind these changes. The purpose of this series is to provide lively, up-to-date, and authoritative studies for the increasingly large and diverse readership concerned with issues in biomedical ethics--not just healthcare trainees and professionals, but also social scientists, philosophers, lawyers, social workers, and legislators. The series will feature both single-author and multi-author books, short and accessible enough to be widely read, each of them focused on an issue of outstanding current importance and interest. Philosophers, doctors, and lawyers from several countries already feature among the authors lined up for the series. It promises to become the leading channel for the best original work in this burgeoning field.
this volume: The Future of Human Reproduction brings together new work, by an international group of contributors from various fields and perspectives, on ethical, social, and legal issues raised by recent advances in reproductive technology. These advances have put us in a position to choose what kinds of children and parents there should be; the aim of the essays is to illuminate how we should deal with these possibilities for choice. Topics discussed include gender and race selection, genetic engineering, fertility treatment, ovarian tissue transfer, and post-menopausal pregnancy. The central focus of the volume is the interface between reproductive choice and public regulation.
'The Future of Human Reproduction is a roadmap for twenty-first century reproductive technologies written by leading thinkers in the field for philosophers, policy makers, and clinicians. However, it will perhaps be equally useful for parents and other members of our most important social institutions, as we struggle to cope with the rapidly changing reproductive horizon.' Glenn McGee, University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics
Contents
Introduction ; 1. Rights and Reproductive Choice ; 2. On the Concept of Pre-embryo: The Basis for a New 'Copernican Revolution' in the Current View about Human Reproduction ; 3. Eugenics: Some Lessons from the Nazi Experience ; 4. Reproductive Rights: Feminism or Patriarchy? ; 5. A Woman's Right to Choose? A Feminist Critique ; 6. Embedding the Embryo ; 7. The Price of Eggs: Who Should Bear the Costs of Fertility Treatments? ; 8. Sperm as Property ; 9. The Ethics of Consent to the Use of Ovarian Tissue from Aborted Fetuses and Dead Women ; 10. Ethical Issues in Pre-implantation Diagnosis ; 11. Reproductive Choice: A Muslim Perspective ; 12. To Everything there is a Season? Are There Medical Grounds for Refusing Fertility Treatment to Older Women? ; 13. The Post-menopause: Playground
