Ebook – Moral Conflicts of Organ Retrieval: A Case for Constructive Pluralism (Value Inquiry Book Series 172) (Values in Bioethics) Edition (PDF Instant Download)

This book addresses ethical conflicts arising from saving the lives of patients who need a transplant while treating living and dead donors, organ sellers, animals, and embryos with proper moral regard. Our challenge is to develop a better world in the light of debatable values and uncertain consequences. Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: A Philosophical Framework One: Dilemmas, Conflicts, and Residue Two: Medical Ethics and Its Limitations Three: Pluralism, Incommensurability, and Weighing Part Two: Conflicts of Organ Retrieval Four: Transplant Recipients’ Quality of Life Five: Can We Wrong the Dead? Six: Defining Death Seven: The Selling of Organs Eight: Xenografts Nine: Stem Cell Research Part Three: A Philosophical Response Ten: The Regulative Principle Eleven: Constructive Pluralism Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index