Ethics, law and society
By: edited by Jennifer Gunning and Søren Holm
Series: Ethics, law, and society -- 3
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780754685050; 9780754671800
Subjects: Human rights; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Bioethics; Business Ethics; Professional ethics; Social ethics; Law and ethics
Description: This volume brings together selected papers commissioned and published by the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law & Society. It includes contributions from a group of international experts along with a selection of short opinion pieces written in response to specific ethical issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On waving the embryos banner : embryonic stem cell research and moral reasoning in recent reports from the USA, the Netherlands and France  -- Wybo Dondorp and Guido de Wert; title: Bioethics, procedural ethics, and misrepresentation in the stem cell debate  -- Benjamin Capps; title: Ethical, legal and social issues related to cell therapy  -- Carlos M. Romeo-Casabona; title: Boy or girl : should parents be allowed to choose the sex of their children?  -- Edgar Dahl; title: Bad science equals poor, not necessarily bad, ethics  -- David Hunter; title: Dignity and older Europeans  -- Win Tadd; title: Guidelines for embryo donations for reproductive purposes in New Zealand : a child/family approach  -- Ken Daniels; title: Assisted reproduction and the welfare of the child  -- Sheila McLean; title: Body immortal  -- Judit Sándor; title: Masculinity, reproductivity and law  -- Michael Thomson; title: Being natural : an exploration of the natural in the writings of Hans Christian Andersen  -- Søren Holm; title: Genes for sale : ethical reflections on donors' proprietary rights in human genetic derivatives  -- Taiwo A. Oriola; title: 4x4 cars and the city : what are the limits of vehicle manufacturer responsibility?  -- Peter Wells; title: From 'Jim Crow' to 'John Doe' : reparations, corporate liability and the limits of private law  -- James Davey; title: A crisis of professional self-regulation : the example of the solicitors' profession  -- Mark Davies; title: The National DNA Database : why no public debate?  -- Mairi Levitt; title: Can the cell nuclear replacement technique be used to overcome genetic disease?  -- Natash Hammond; title: The human condition and the pursuit of perfection in human reproduction  -- Jennifer Gunning; title: Drug testing and the use of healthy volunteers  -- Sam Salek; title: The Assisted Dying Bill : 'death tourism' and European law  -- John Cogggon and Søren Holm; title: Could do better? Hegemony and freedom in cyberspace  -- Ian Kenway; title: Treatment in time of sudden infectious pandemic : the need for a proactive, practical, proportionate, prophylactic ethical response to the threat of pandemic influenza  -- Stephen Pattison and H. Martyn Evans; title: Toy stories, horror stories and fairy tales  -- Stephen Hogan; title: Herceptin and the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer  -- Daniela D. Rosa and Gordon C. Jayson; title: End of life decision-making : the implications of the Court of Appeal decision in Burke v General Medical Council  -- Phil Fennell; title: Does nanotechnology require a new "nanoethics"?  -- Søren Holm; title: Medically assisted procreation in Italy : the referendum and the Roman Catholic Church  -- Norman Doe, Javier Oliva and Cristiana Cianitto; title: From fridge mountains to food mountains? Tackling the UK food waste problem  -- Samarthia Thankappan; title: A gain for autonomy and reproductive choice : the issue of 'saviour siblings' resolved  -- Jennifer Gunning /; title: Human rights and Gypsies : it is time for a rethink  -- Luke Clements; title: Forgetting to be nice : the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's preliminary recommendations concerning drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease -- Søren Holm.