| Preface | |
| The Basics of Ethical Argument | |
| Introduction | |
| Motivations | |
| Avoiding Bloodshed | |
| Resisting Relativisim | |
| Sidestepping Religion | |
| Clarifying Your Position | |
| Persuasion and Public Policy | |
| Recap: Reasons for Arguing about Ethics | |
| Materials: Theories in Ethics | |
| What Is Ethical Theory? | |
| Deontology | |
| Deontology and Consistency | |
| Deontology and Special Obligations | |
| Deontology and Supererogation | |
| Deontology and Rational Justification | |
| Deontology and Conflicting Duties and Obligations | |
| Deontology and Indifference to Consequences | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Act Utilitarianism | |
| Act Utilitarianism and Benevolence | |
| Act Utilitarianism and Rationality | |
| Act Utilitarianism and Situational Decision-Making | |
| Act Utilitarianism and Predicting the Future | |
| Act Utilitarianism and Incommensurability | |
| Act Utilitarianism and Special Obligations | |
| Act Utilitarianism and Supererogation | |
| Act Utilitarianism and Inconsistency | |
| Act Utilitarianism and Injustice | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Rule Utilitarianism | |
| Some Strengths of Rule Utilitarianism | |
| Some Weaknesses of Rule Utilitarianism | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Rights | |
| Rights and Deontology | |
| Rights and Act Utilitarianism | |
| Rights and Rule Utilitarianism | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Ethical Theories in Combination | |
| Recap: Pluses and Minuses | |
| More Materials: Principles in Ethics | |
| What Is an Ethical Principle? | |
| Beneficence | |
| Respect for Autonomy | |
| Conflicts of Principle | |
| Paternalism | |
| Libertarianism | |
| Justice | |
| Recap: Principles in Outline | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Methods | |
| Rational Argument | |
| The Role of Intuition | |
| The Use of Examples | |
| Argument by Analogy | |
| Slippery-Slope Arguments | |
| The Joys of Compromise | |
| Devil's Advocacy | |
| Recap: On Being Persuasive | |
| The Basic Issues of Bioethics | |
| N.B. Each chapter in Part Two begins with an Introduction and ends with Study Questions and a discussion of Related Cases in Crigger, Cases in Bioethics, Third Edition | |
| Professional Responsibility and the Rights of Patients | |
| Telling the Truth | |
| Knowledge and Autonomy | |
| Dishonesty | |
| Paternalism and Beneficence; Lipkin's Argument, "On Lying to Patients" | |
| Responding to Lipkin | |
| Placebos | |
| Recap: Full Disclosure | |
| Informed Consent | |
| The Importance of Informed Consent | |
| Informing the Patient | |
| The Patient's Consent | |
| Patients Who Cannot Consent | |
| Recap: Getting the Go-ahead | |
| Confidentiality | |
| Modern Complexities: Siegler's Argument, "Confidentiality in Medicine" | |
| Responding to Siegler | |
| Gossip | |
| Harm to Others | |
| Recap: Keeping Secrets | |
| Reproductive Rights and Abortion | |
| Reproductive Rights | |
| Naturalness | |
| Significant Relationships | |
| Recap: The Ethics of New Technologies | |
| Abortion | |
| The Sanctity of Life | |
| The Status of the Fetus | |
| Personhood | |
| Potential Personhood | |
| Opposing Abortion: Marquis's Argument, "Why Abortion is Immoral" | |
| Responding to Marquis | |
| The Interests of the Woman | |
| Defending Abortion: Thompson's Argument, "A Defense of Abortion" | |
| Responding to Thompson | |
| Rape | |
| Failed Contraception | |
| Recap: The Abortion Debate | |
| Death and Dying | |
| What Is Death? | |
| The Official Definition: The Argument of the President's Commission | |
| Responding to the Commission | |
| The Traditional Conception | |
| Recap: Defining Death | |
| Euthanasia | |
| Suicide | |
| Voluntary Euthanasia and Suicide | |
| Nonvoluntary Euthanasia and Murder | |
| Killing and Letting Die: Rachels's Argument | |
| "Active and Passive Euthanasia" | |
| Responding to Rachels | |
| The Doctrine of Double Effect | |
| Living Wills | |
| Recap: Mercy Killing | |
| Research with Living Subjects | |
| Drug Trials | |
| Selecting Human Research Subjects | |
| Harm | |
| Unethical Experiments: Ridley's Argument, "Ill-Gotten Gains" | |
| Responding to Ridley | |
| Animal Research: Regan's Argument, "The Case Against Animal Research" | |
| Responding to Regan | |
| Recap: Sacrifices | |
| Mental Incompetence | |
| The Nature of Mental Incompetence | |
| Incompetent at What? | |
| A Conspiracy Theory: Szasz's Argument | |
| "The Myth of Mental Illness" | |
| Responding to Szasz | |
| Incompetence and Autonomy | |
| Recap: On Counting as Competent | |
| Decisions About Treatment | |
| Treating People Against Their Will: Chodoff's Argument, "The Case for Involuntary Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill" | |
| Responding to Chodoff | |
| Paternalism and Beneficence | |
| Involuntary Sterilization | |
| Recap: Helping the Helpless | |
| Allocation and Health Care Policy | |
| Allocating Scarce Resources | |
| Health and Wealth | |
| Rights | |
| Justice | |
| Utilitarian Justice | |
| Libertarian Justice | |
| Egalitarian Justice | |
| Care According to Need: Nielsen's Argument, "Autonomy, Equality, and a Just Health Care System" | |
| Responding to Nielsen | |
| Recap: Fair Shares | |
| Organ Procurement and Transplantation | |
| The Donor | |
| The Recipient | |
| Organs for Sale | |
| Organ Farming | |
| You Stole My Heart Away | |
| Gene Therapy and Genetic Engineering | |
| Choosing People | |
| Avoiding People: Purdy's Argument, "Genetic Diseases: Can Having Children Be Immoral?" | |
| Responding to Purdy | |
| Curing People: Somatic-Cell Therapy | |
| Changing People: Germ-Line Therapy | |
| Recap: A Better World? | |
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