Bioethics

Principles, Issues, and Cases

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.

Vaughn's Bioethics helps instructors introduce students to the moral, scientific, legal, and clinical aspects of complex biomedical issues by providing clearer chapter introductions, better readings, higher-quality cases, and more abundant pedagogy than any other textbook on the market.

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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

I really like the combination of case studies with traditional texts. I usually use two books to be able to do that, so having it all in one book is A plus". - Bertha Manninen, Arizona State University
The topical coverage of [ Vaughn's, Bioethics] is balanced and nearly completed. In each chapter students are building on their knowledge and learning key concepts that relate to the health issue and the ethical concepts at play. Bioethics lays a solid foundation for students to learn what morality is, moral theory and the specific application to health and biomedicine. It is thought-provoking, well-organized, and accessible in terms of language and explanation for students." - Iulia Fratila, George Mason University

About the Author

Lewis Vaughn is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Philosophy: Here and Now, Fourth Edition (2022), Bioethics, Fourth Edition (2020), The Power of Critical Thinking, Sixth Edition (2019), and Living Philosophy, Third Edition (2021), all published by Oxford University Press.