A theoretical account of moral revolutions, illustrated by historical cases that include the
criminalization and decriminalization of abortion and the patient rebellion against medical …

Bound together by the common thread of bioethics, these essays encompass such issues as
abortion, the removal of life support, the role that doctors play in our society, and how we …

Before Bioethics narrates the history of American medical ethics from its colonial origins to
current bioethical controversies over abortion, AIDS, animal rights, and physician-assisted …

A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year A First Things Books for Christmas Selection
Winner of the Expanded Reason Award “This important work of moral philosophy argues …

As the term bioethics was re-engaged in 19711, John Rawls (1931-2007) had just published
A Theory of Justice2. Many saw Rawls as having vindicated moral philosophy's universalist …

This book is the result of over 30 years of collaboration among its authors. It uses the
systematic account of our common morality developed by one of its authors to provide a …

It seems like every day society faces a new ethical challenge raised by a scientific
innovation. Human genetic engineering, stem cell research, face transplantation, synthetic …

The tremendous changes in society's attitudes toward abortion, euthanasia, the right to die,
and other related life-and-death issues are reflected in recent court decisions and in new …

The idea of reviewing the ethical concerns of ancient medicine with an eye as to how they
might instruct us about the extremely lively disputes of our own contemporary medicine is …

CHOICE 1998 Outstanding Academic Books This book argues that standard forms of
bioethics support the technological utopian quest of medicine: to eliminate suffering and …