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New Dimensions in Bioethics

Science, Ethics and the Formulation of Public Policy

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Arthur W. Galston

    1. Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, USA

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  2. Emily G. Shurr

    1. Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Social Function of the Scientist:

    1. The Social Function of the Scientist: The Ethics of Truth-Telling

      • Joshua Lederberg
      Pages 1-9

  4. Environment

    1. Scale, Awareness and Conscience: The Moral Terrain of Ecological Vulnerability

      • Robert H. Socolow
      Pages 65-78

    2. Pesticide Use: Ethical, Environmental, and Public Health Implications

      • David Pimentel, Kelsey Hart
      Pages 79-108

    3. Falling Leaves and Ethical Dilemmas: Agent Orange in Vietnam

      • Arthur W. Galston
      Pages 109-124

    4. Animal Matters

      • Strachan Donnelley
      Pages 125-136

    5. Environmental Values in Peace and War

      • Arthur H. Westing
      Pages 137-153

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 225-225
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About this book

In the last three decades, bioethics has matured into a field of study with several areas of concentration, including medical ethics, environmental ethics and more recently, genetic ethics. For reasons related to both the developmental history of the subject and to the poignancy of the problems presented, most textbooks and collections of essays have dealt with only a single area, medical ethics. In fact, to many not in the field, the word bioethics has become synonymous with medical ethics. The aim of this collection of essays, entitled New Dimensions in Bioethics: Science, Ethics and the Formation of Public Policy, is to enlarge this restrictive vision of the field as it is usually studied at universities. By combining essays relevant to medical ethics with companion essays on environmental ethics and genetic ethics, the book emphasizes similarities in the methods of analysis used in diverse bioethical problems, whether dealing with genes, with people or the environment. In this way, New Dimensions in Bioethics: Science, Ethics and the Formation of Public Policy, hopes to contribute to the intellectual unity of the subject and to suggest changes in the way bioethics can be taught and studied at both the graduate and undergraduate level.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, USA

    Arthur W. Galston

  • Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, USA

    Emily G. Shurr

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Dimensions in Bioethics

  • Book Subtitle: Science, Ethics and the Formulation of Public Policy

  • Editors: Arthur W. Galston, Emily G. Shurr

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1591-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7249-3Published: 31 December 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5630-1Published: 25 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1591-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 225

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general, Ethics, Economic Policy, Environment, general

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