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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every human being on the planet
and forced us all to reflect on the bioethical issues it raises. In
this timely book, Gregory Pence examines a number of relevant
issues, including the fair allocation of scarce medical resources,
immunity passports, tradeoffs between protecting senior citizens
and allowing children to flourish, discrimination against
minorities and the disabled, and the myriad issues raised by
vaccines. KEY FEATURES A thorough overview of the many ethical
issues connected with the COVID-19 pandemic. Engages with empirical
data and the real-world practical problems that bear on pandemic
response. Informed by foundational ideas in ethics as well as the
latest in bioethics scholarship. Examines COVID-19 in the context
of other historical pandemics. A portion of the revenue from this
book's sales will be donated to Doctors Without Borders to assist
the humanitarian work of nurses, doctors, and other health care
providers in the fight against COVID-19 and beyond.
Medicine has recently discovered spectacular tools for human
enhancement. Yet to date, it has failed to use them well, in part
because of ethical objections. Meanwhile, covert attempts flourish
to enhance with steroids, mind-enhancing drugs, and cosmetic
surgery-all largely unstudied scientifically. The little success to
date has been sporadic and financed privately. In How to Build a
Better Human, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence argues that
people, if we are careful and ethical, can use genetics,
biotechnology, and medicine to improve ourselves, and that we
should publicly study what people are doing covertly. Pence
believes that we need to transcend the two common frame stories of
bioethics: bioconservative alarmism and uncritical enthusiasm, and
that bioethics should become part of the solution-not the
problem-in making better humans.
With an estimated 20 million people addicted to drugs or alcohol,
North America is in the grip of an unrivaled epidemic. Overcoming
Addiction reveals how seemingly contradictory treatment theories
must come together to understand and end dangerous substance abuse.
Addiction treatment has become a billion-dollar industry based on
innumerable clinical and psychological perspectives. Zealous
clinicians and researchers have gathered around the theories,
proclaiming each as the sole truth and excluding alternate views.
In this book, leading bioethicist Gregory Pence demystifies seven
foundational theories of addiction and addiction treatment. From
Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous to methadone clinics and brain
chemistry studies, each method holds foundation beliefs about human
nature, free will, and biology. Understanding the diversity of
these theories allows us to build a framework for more effective
treatment for all addiction types. For individuals suffering from
addiction, their families, and those who devote their lives to
ending addiction's grasp on our society, this book offers a fresh
perspective and a framework for long-term solutions.
Food makes philosophers of us all. Death does the same . . . but
death comes only once . . . and choices about food come many times
each day. In The Ethics of Food, Gregory E. Pence brings together a
collection of voices who share the view that the ethics of
genetically modified food is among the most pressing societal
questions of our time. This comprehensive collection addresses a
broad range of subjects, including the meaning of food, moral
analyses of vegetarianism and starvation, the safety and
environmental risks of genetically modified food, issues of global
food politics and the food industry, and the relationships among
food, evolution, and human history. Will genetically modified food
feed the poor or destroy the environment? Is it a threat to our
health? Is the assumed healthfulness of organic food a myth or a
reality? The answers to these and other questions are engagingly
pursued in this substantive collection, the first of its kind to
address the broad range of philosophical, sociological, political,
scientific, and technological issues surrounding the ethics of
food.
Food makes philosophers of us all. Death does the same . . . but
death comes only once . . . and choices about food come many times
each day. In The Ethics of Food, Gregory E. Pence brings together a
collection of voices who share the view that the ethics of
genetically modified food is among the most pressing societal
questions of our time. This comprehensive collection addresses a
broad range of subjects, including the meaning of food, moral
analyses of vegetarianism and starvation, the safety and
environmental risks of genetically modified food, issues of global
food politics and the food industry, and the relationships among
food, evolution, and human history. Will genetically modified food
feed the poor or destroy the environment? Is it a threat to our
health? Is the assumed healthfulness of organic food a myth or a
reality? The answers to these and other questions are engagingly
pursued in this substantive collection, the first of its kind to
address the broad range of philosophical, sociological, political,
scientific, and technological issues surrounding the ethics of
food.
Cloning is one of the most hotly debated issues to have hit the
world news in years. The first book of its kind. Flesh of My Flesh
is a collection of articles by today's most-respected scientists,
philosophers, bioethicists, theologians, and law professors about
whether we should allow human cloning. The book includes historical
pieces to provide background for the current debate. Religious,
philosophical, and legal points of view are all represented. Flesh
of My Flesh offers a fascinating and comprehensive look at this
important and complex issue.
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