Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, Paperback

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Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, Third Edition, explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-nine readings--twelve of them new to this edition--numerous classic bioethical cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, this text addresses the most provocative and controversial topics in bioethics. PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES: ""Classic Case Files"" describe landmark cases that shaped the debate, while news-making ""Cases for Evaluation"" encourage students to form their own opinions Various text boxes: ""In Depth"" boxes contain additional material, illustrations, or analyses, much of it ""ripped from the headlines""; ""Fact File"" boxes provide statistics on the social, medical, and scientific facets of a chapter's topic; and ""Legal Brief"" boxes summarize important court rulings and the status of major legislation ""Key Terms"" are boldfaced and boxed off within the text and then defined in a glossary at the back of the book ""Applying Major Theories"" sections at the end of each chapter help students relate theories to the issues