Editorial Review:

The expanded and revised edition of Bioethics: An Anthology is a definitive one-volume collection of key primary texts for the study of bioethics.

• Brings together writings on a broad range of ethical issues relating such matters as reproduction, genetics, life and death, and animal experimentation.
  
• Now includes introductions to each of the sections.
  
• Features new coverage of the latest debates on hot topics such as genetic screening, the use of embryonic human stem cells, and resource allocation between patients.
  
• The selections are independent of any particular approach to bioethics.
  
• Can be used as a source book to complement A Companion to Bioethics (1999).

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Comprehensive Collection on Bioethics:

As always, Blackwells offers the best in the field. The Blackwells' Anthology on Bioethics provides a strong material based support for courses in Bioethics or applied Philopsophy. Its two best features are that it contains the articles that most Bioethics courses will require you to read (the response to Purdy, for example) and yet most of the articles are easy to understand the language and require little or no previous knowledge. Also, far from being the dry tomes, one associates with philosophical... more info

Bioetics:

A good collection of philosophy papers. I wasn't that interested in it only b/c I am not interested in philosophy enough to truly appreciate the book.

Essential Articles but very one sided:

This book has some great papers in it, but the editors really show their colors in the bioethics debate in the papers presented. For example the book presents a declaration by the Catholic Church denouncing euthanasia, but fails to present any of the background material that led to this declaration (or even references to it). It also presents a good number of papers that rely too heavily on anecdotes.
To get a feel for Singer and Kuhse's (two very big names of the field) opinons the book is great. To... more info

Bioethics, for genreal interest and further study.:

The Blackwells Anthology on Bioethics provides a strong material based support for courses in Bioethics or applied Philopsophy. It's two best features are that it contains the articles that most Bioethics courses will require you to read (Response to Purdy, for example) and yet most of the articles are in easy to understand language and require little or no previous knowledge. Also, far from being the dry tomes one associates with philosophical essays, the articles are genuinely engaging.

There are a few... more info

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