The Future of Bioethics
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Part I. Progress of Biomedical Technologies and Ethics
Section A: Regenerative Medicine
1.1 Primary Topic Article: The Ethics of Regenerative Medicine: Broadening the Scope beyond the Mora
1.2 Commentary: Stem Cell Clinical Research: The Biology Determines the Ethics
1.3 Commentary: Regenerative Medicine and Science Literacy
1.4 Commentary: Regenerative Medicine, Politics, and the High Price of Moral Constraint
1.5 Response to Commentaries
2.1 Primary Topic Article: Neural Repair as a Case Study in Neuroethics
2.2 Commentary: Some Issues in Neuroethics
2.3 Commentary: Public Participation as a Potential Counter Strategy against Unethical Optimism
2.4 Commentary: Three Problems with Treatments for Parkinson’s Disease
2.5 Response to Commentaries: The Optimism of Misguided Ventures in Repairing the Brain
Section B: Enhancement
3.1 Primary Topic Article: Autonomy and the Ethics of Biological Behaviour Modification
3.2 Commentary: (Im)Moral Technology? Thought Experiments and the Future of ‘Mind Control’
3.3 Commentary: Some Remarks on Moral Bioenhancement
3.4 Commentary: Moral Technology and the Concept of ‘the Self ’
3.5 Response to Commentaries
4.1 Primary Topic Article: Ethics, Eugenics, and Politics
4.2 Commentary: Eugenics in Society: A Sociological and Historical Consideration
4.3 Commentary: Are ‘Brave’ Parents Practicing Eugenics, Enhancement, or Something Else?
4.4 Commentary: Therapy, Enhancement, and Eugenics
4.5 Commentary: The Nature of the Moral Obligation to Select the Best Children
4.6 Response to Commentaries: The Real Force of ‘Procreative Benefi cence’
5.1 Primary Topic Article: The Misguided Quest for the Ethics of Enhancement
5.2 Commentary: Thomas Murray’s Enhancement of a Bioethics of Enhancement
5.3 Commentary: Arguments for and against Enhancement in Sports
5.4 Commentary: What We Can—and Cannot—Learn about the Ethics of Enhancement by Thinking about S
5.5 Response to Commentaries: Laments, Limits, and Liberalism
Section C: Emerging Problems in Research Ethics
6.1 Primary Topic Article: Redefining Property in Human Body Parts: An Ethical Enquiry
6.2 Commentary: But Which Body: Body of Labor, or Body of Anatomy?
6.3 Commentary: The Non-Ownership Thesis: A German Perspective
6.4 Commentary: Legal Status of the Human Body and Tissues
6.5 Response to Commentaries: Does ‘Dignity in Property’ Tell Us Anything about Dignity and Bioe
7.1 Primary Topic Article: Genetic Research to Facilitate Personalized Medicine: Ethical and Policy
7.2 Commentary: Genetic Information: Direct to Consumers or Gatekeeping?
7.3 Commentary: The Ethical and Social Aspects of Genetic Information and Personalized Medical Genom
7.4 Commentary: Gatekeeping Access to Genetic Information: A Response to “Genetic Research to Faci
7.5 Response to Commentaries
8.1 Primary Topic Article: Ethics in Emerging Forms of Global Health Research Collaboration
8.2 Commentary: Reconciliation between Universality and Diversity
8.3 Commentary: Research Ethics Governance in Korea: How and Why Does a Nation Adopt an Ethical Pers
8.4 Response to Commentaries: Some Reflections
Section D: Synthetic Biology and Chimera
9.1 Primary Topic Article: The Ethical Issues of Synthetic Biology
9.2 Commentary: Synthetic Biology, Intellectual Property, and Buddhism
9.3 Commentary: Before the Dawn of Ethics in Synthetic Biology
9.4 Response to Commentaries
10.1 Primary Topic Article: Why Would It Be Morally Wrong to Create a Human-Animal Chimera?
10.2 Commentary: In Defence of Repugnance
10.3 Commentary: On Crossing the Line between Human and Nonhuman: Human Dignity Reconsidered
10.4 Response to Commentaries
11.1 Primary Topic Article: Chimera in Bioethics and Biopolitics
11.2 Commentary: The Question of the Family in the Biopolitics of Chimeras
11.3 Commentary: The Biopolitics and Bioethics Surrounding Chimeric Embryo Research in Japan: A Comm
11.4 Response to Commentaries
Part II. Globalization and Bioethics
Section A: Organ Transplant
12.1 Primary Topic Article: Traffi cking and Markets in Kidneys: Two Poor Solutions to a Pressing Pr
12.2 Commentary: Against Organ Markets but Be Cautious in Adopting Presumed Consent
12.3 Commentary: Can a Presumed Consent System Stop Organ Traffi cking?
12.4 Commentary: Presuming Minor Consent and Allowing Family Veto: Two Moral Concerns about Organ Pr
12.5 Commentary: Organ Donation and Social Amelioration: A Two-Pronged Approach to Organ Trafficking
12.6 Response to Commentaries
13.1 Primary Topic Article: Ethics Without Borders? Why the United States Needs an International Dia
13.2 Commentary: Can Living Donation Be Justified?
13.3 Commentary: Living Organ Donation and Organ Shortages: Another Perspective
13.4 Commentary: The Paradigm of Living Related Donation: Stretched, Strained, and Abused?
13.5 Response to Commentaries
14.1 Primary Topic Article: The Future of Altruistic Medicine
14.2 Commentary: Local and Global Contexts of the Praxis of Bioethics: ‘Transplant Tourism’ and
14.3 Commentary: Altruism in the Service of the Market and the State, and the Ethics of Regulation
14.4 Commentary: Altruism in Organ Donation: Would Reciprocity Offer an Alternative Explanation?
14.5 Commentary: A New Twist on Altruism: Survivors of Japan’s 3/11
14.6 Response to Commentaries
Section B: Public Health Ethics
15.1 Primary Topic Article: What is ‘Public Health Ethics’?
15.2 Commentary: What is ‘Substantive Public Health Ethics’?
15.3 Commentary: What are Collective Values?
15.4 Commentary: What is Expected of Public Health Ethics?
15.5 Commentary: Public Health as Civic Practice
15.6 Response to Commentaries: In Defence of Substantive Public Health Ethics
16.1 Primary Topic Article: Accountability for Reasonable Priority Setting
16.2 Commentary: Reasonableness and Politics
16.3 Commentary: Deliberation, Fair Outcome, and Empirical Evidence: An Analogy with Archives
16.4 Commentary: Justice, Fairness, and Deliberative Democracy in Health Care
16.5 Commentary: How to Combine Universal and Particular Elements in the Distributive Process
16.6 Response to Commentaries: Further Thoughts on Implementing Accountability for Reasonableness
Section C: Care in the Aging Society
17.1 Primary Topic Article: Taking Seriously Ill People Seriously: Ethics and Policy Dimensions of t
17.2 Commentary: End-of-Life Care in Korea: The Tradition of Filial Loyalty in the Area of High-Tech
17.3 Commentary: Chronic Disease and Mental Care
17.4 Commentary: Navigating the Twilight Zone
17.5 Response to Commentaries
18.1 Primary Topic Article: Ethics in Long-Term Care Practice: A Global Call to Arms,
18.2 Commentary: Ethical and Policy Issues in Long-Term Care in China
18.3 Commentary: Whose Rights? Rights Protection in Long-Term Care
18.4 Commentary: Listening to Voices that Are Diffi cult to Hear
18.5 Commentary: On Universal and Particular: Guidance Seeking via Human Rights and Ethics Facilitat
18.6 Response to Commentaries
Section D: Rethinking Medical Professionalism
19.1 Primary Topic Article: A Virtue Ethics Analysis of Disclosure Requirements and Financial Incent
19.2 Commentary: Trust and Professionalism: A Perspective on Confl ict of Interest Policy
19.3 Commentary: Conflicts of Interest: Relationship between Japanese Physicians and the Pharmaceuti
19.4 Commentary: Virtue Ethics and Conflict of Interest
19.5 Commentary: Dealing with Confl icts of Interest: Is Virtue Ethics Tough Enough?
19.6 Response to Commentaries: Sketch of a Virtue Ethics Regulatory Model
20.1 Primary Topic Article: The Future of Clinical Ethics Education: Value Pluralism, Communication,
20.2 Commentary: Barriers to Clinical Ethics Mediation in Contemporary Japan
20.3 Commentary: Clinical Ethics After Morality: Mediation as Pure Procedure
20.4 Commentary: Bioethics Mediation and Narrative Consultation
20.5 Commentary: The Functions and Limitations of Clinical Ethics Mediation
20.6 Response to Commentaries
21.1 Primary Topic Article: Informed Consent Revisited: A Global Perspective
21.2 Commentary: Medical Practice and Cultural Myth
21.3 Commentary: Whose Interest Is It Anyway? Autonomy and Family-Facilitated Approach to Decision-M
21.4 Commentary: How Should We Defend a Family-Based Approach to Informed Consent?
21.5 Response to Commentaries: Informed Consent, Family, and Autonomy
Index

This text brings West and East together in a broad investigation of contemporary bioethics. A distinguished international team of experts presents original research addressing issues that emerge from new medical technologies, address global challenges arising from social change, and sets the agenda for the future. (Source : WorldCat)