Bioethics

Author: Lewis Vaughn

The #1 Bioethics book on the market, combining a wide variety of current readings; classic and contemporary cases; extensive explanations; and more robust pedagogy than any other text

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The #1 Bioethics book on the market, combining a wide variety of current readings; classic and contemporary cases; extensive explanations; and more robust pedagogy than any other text

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Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-nine readings, numerous classic bioethical cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, this text addresses the most provocative and controversial topics inbioethics.

Critic Reviews

“"Extremely well done for both undergraduate and graduate introduction to medical ethics courses. This text is comprehensive in its treatment of the issues I cover in my semester-length course on medical ethics."--John Thomas Meadors, Mississippi College”

Extremely well done for both undergraduate and graduate introduction to medical ethics courses. This text is comprehensive in its treatment of the issues I cover in my semester-length course on medical ethics." - John Thomas Meadors, Mississippi College
I found the book to be fairly comprehensive. There is simply more to choose from in this book. This book is up to date. The inclusion of stats and figures are still current and relevant." - Kristemn Kringle-Bear, University of North Caroline Wilmington

About the Author

Lewis Vaughn is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Philosophy: Here and Now, Fourth Edition (2022), The Power of Critical Thinking, Eighth Edition (2024), and Living Philosophy, Fourth Edition (2023), all published by Oxford University Press.