Against bioethics by Baron, Jonathan, 1944- instant download

Against bioethics by Baron, Jonathan, 1944- instant download

xii, 236 pages : 24 cm, \"Governments, health professionals, patients, research institutions, and research subjects look to bioethicists for guidance in making important decisions about medical treatment and research. And yet, argues Jonathan Baron in Against Bioethics, applied bioethics lacks the authority of a coherent guiding theory and is based largely on intuitive judgments. Baron proposes an alternative, arguing that bioethics could have a coherent theory based on utilitarianism and decision analysis.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231) and index, 1. Introduction -- 1.1. What this book tries to do -- 2. Bioethics vs. utilitarianism -- 2.1. History : Nuremberg and Tuskegee -- 2.2. Principles of bioethics -- 2.3. Bioethical principles vs. utilitarianism -- 2.4. Rules and flowcharts -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. Utilitarianism and decision analysis -- 3.1. Utilitarianism -- 3.2. Intuitive judgments -- 3.3. Multiattribute utility theory (MAUT) -- 3.4. Attributes and values -- 3.5. Conclusion -- 4. Going against nature -- 4.1. Enhancements : genes, drugs, and mind control -- 4.2. Deficits and drugs -- 4.3. Reproduction -- 4.4. Extending life -- 4.5. Conclusion -- 5. Death and the value of life -- 5.1. The value of life and health : QALYs -- 5.2. Advance directives -- 5.3. Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- 5.4. Organ donation and the definition of death -- 5.5. Conclusion -- 6. Coercion and consent -- 6.1. The value of choice -- 6.2. The flat maximum -- 6.3. Coercion -- 6.4. Research on people who cannot consent -- 6.5. Why consent? -- 6.6. Altruism, hope, and consent -- 6.7. Competence to consent -- 6.8. Responsibility and the law -- 6.9. Conclusion -- 7. Conflict of interest -- 7.1. Ethics -- 7.2. Reforming the IRB -- 7.3. Privacy -- 7.4. Conclusion -- 8. Drug research -- 8.1. Recruiting subjects for drug trials -- 8 2. Placebo controls -- 8.3. New drug approval -- 8.4. Conclusion -- 9. Allocation -- 9.1. Allocation heuristics and biases --