Bringing Life to Ethics continues in the tradition of Michael W. Fox's lifelong inquiry into
values, social and personal relationships, and the treatment of animals, the environment …

The biological revolution, with its attendant technological powers to alter nature and human
nature, demands fundamental and cautionary reflection on questions of the highest ethical …

Some of us feel a kinship with animals, seeing them as part of the same process of Creation
as ourselves. Others see humans as superior and animals as" ours" to exploit by right. Both …

Bonnie Steinbock presents The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics-an authoritative, state-of-the-
art guide to current issues in bioethics. Thirty-four contributors reflect the interdisciplinarity …

Bioethics could be defined as the study of ethical issues and decision-making associated
with the use of living organisms. Bioethics includes both medical ethics and environmental …

Fritz Jahr, a Protestant pastor in Halle an der Saale, coined the original term" Bioethics" in
1927 and formulated-in critical response to Immanuel Kant's" Categorical Imperative"-a" …

Contemporary bioethics, now roughly 40 years old as a discipline, originated in the United
States with a primarily Anglo-American cultural ethos. It continues to be professionalized …

This book explores the many connections that bioethical thinking has with social reality.
Bioethics, if it is to be effective, must engage with and address the actualities of modern life …

Contemporary biomedical ethics and environmental ethics share a common ancestry in Aldo
Leopold's and Van Rensselaer Potter's initial broad visions of a connected biosphere. Over …

Van Rensselaer Potter created and defined the term" bioethics" in 1970, to describe a new
philosophy that sought to integrate biology, ecology, medicine, and human values. Bioethics …