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1. Cover
2. Title page
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. Authors Biographies
6. 1. Bioethics: A Global Approach
   1. Introduction
   2. Our approach to bioethics: an ethico-onto-epistemology
   3. Philosophical method
   4. Conclusion
   5. Bibliography
7. 2. Moral Theories
   1. Introduction
   2. Utilitarianism
   3. Deontological ethics
   4. Care ethics
   5. Conclusion
   6. Bibliography
8. 3. Environmental Ethics
   1. Introduction
   2. Deep ecology
   3. Ecofeminism
   4. Environmental justice
   5. Conclusion
   6. Bibliography
9. 4. Health Care Ethics
   1. Introduction
   2. Doing (medical) ethics
   3. Medical and clinical ethics: the patient-physician relationship
   4. Ethics of medical AI
   5. Reproductive ethics
   6. Public health ethics
   7. Research ethics in biomedical research
   8. Conclusion
   9. Bibliography
10. 5. Animal Ethics and Animal Experimentation
    1. Animal ethics
    2. Animal experimentation
    3. Conclusion
    4. Bibliography
11. 6. Epigenetics
    1. Introductory remarks
    2. Introduction to epigenetics
    3. Ethics of epigenetics
    4. One finding, many ethical and political claims
    5. Parental responsibility in epigenetics
    6. Conclusion
    7. Bibliography
12. 7. Synthetic Biology
    1. What is synthetic biology?
    2. Conceptual issues in SynBio
    3. Ethics of SynBio
    4. SynBio and non-dualism
    5. Conclusion
    6. Bibliography
13. 8. Literary Bioethics
    1. Introduction
    2. Literary form and genres
    3. Genre and different media
    4. (Bio)ethical questions in fiction
    5. Conclusion
    6. Bibliography
14. 9. Bioethics and (Bio)Art
    1. What is BioArt?
    2. The ethics of BioArt
    3. BioArt and bioethics
    4. How BioArt can contribute to ethical considerations towards the ‘unknown’
    5. Conclusion
    6. Bibliography
15. Index
16. About the Team
17. This book need not end here…
18. You may also be interested in:
19. Back cover

Headings Outline

• Contents
• Authors Biographies
• 1. Bioethics: A Global Approach
  • Introduction
    • Know what you don’t know
    • Perspectives and bias
    • Outdated and incomplete knowledge
  • Our approach to bioethics: an ethico-onto-epistemology
    • Ontology
    • Epistemology and philosophy of science
    • Ethics
      • What is ethics?
      • Metaethics: why are we sensitive to morality?
      • Metaethics: how do moral facts and scientific facts relate to one another?
  • Philosophical method
    • The method of cases (thought experiments)
    • Gettier’s thought experiment (‘Smith and Jones’)
    • Experimental philosophy
    • Empirical and embedded bioethics
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• 2. Moral Theories
  • Introduction
  • Utilitarianism
  • Deontological ethics
    • Taylor Swift: hardcore deontologist?
    • Virtue ethics
  • Care ethics
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• 3. Environmental Ethics
  • Introduction
  • Deep ecology
  • Ecofeminism
    • A mini philosophy of microbes
  • Environmental justice
    • Environmental justice, health, and antibiotic resistance
      • Antibiotics resistance
      • What is (environmental) justice?
    • Environmental justice: the case of Ecuador
      • The Yasuni case
      • What is of value? Anthropocentrism and ecocentrism
      • The Yasuni-ITT initiative
      • Buen Vivir
      • Rights of nature
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• 4. Health Care Ethics
  • Introduction
  • Doing (medical) ethics
    • Ethical pluralism
    • Principlism: the basic idea
    • Principlism: comments and concerns
  • Medical and clinical ethics: the patient-physician relationship
    • Paternalism and informed consent
    • Substituted judgement
    • The patient’s best interest
    • Liver transplant
  • Ethics of medical AI
    • AI ethics and governance
      • Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI of the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence
      • AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)
    • Governance of medical AI
    • Algorithmic bias and justice
    • Clinical decision-support systems and the patient
  • Reproductive ethics
    • Introduction to reproductive ethics
    • Towards a disability bioethics
  • Public health ethics
    • Triage and resource allocation
    • Vaccine distribution
    • Prevention and health promotion
  • Research ethics in biomedical research
    • Why research ethics matters
    • Clinical research ethics
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• 5. Animal Ethics and Animal Experimentation
  • Animal ethics
    • Humans and other-than-humans
    • Animal ethics
  • Animal experimentation
    • Introduction
    • Two questions on animal experimentation
    • The scientific utility and validity of animal experiments
    • The ethical permissibility of animal experiments
      • The moral status of humans and other-than-human animals
      • Consequentialist approaches
      • Deontology
      • Hybrid approach
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• 6. Epigenetics
  • Introductory remarks
  • Introduction to epigenetics
    • Metaphor: Playing the piano
    • Epigenetic inheritance
    • Diseases, conditions, and cures
  • Ethics of epigenetics
    • Ethical issues in the literature
      • Privacy
      • Exposing inequality
      • Responsibility
    • Three cases
    • Case 1: Hoboken
    • Case 2: Mexico City
    • Case 3: Farah and Alex
  • One finding, many ethical and political claims
  • Parental responsibility in epigenetics
    • Cautionary approaches
      • Individual and collective responsibilities
      • Maternal and paternal influences and responsibilities
    • Emancipatory approaches
      • Empowerment and procreative autonomy
      • Parent-child relationship
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• 7. Synthetic Biology
  • What is synthetic biology?
  • Conceptual issues in SynBio
  • Ethics of SynBio
    • Microbial cell factory
      • What is a microbial cell factory?
      • What are the ethical issues?
    • Semi-synthetic artemisinin
      • What is semi-synthetic artemisinin?
      • What are the ethical issues in semi-synthetic artemisinin production?
    • Genetic modification
      • What is genetic modification?
      • What are the ethical issues related to genetic modification?
  • SynBio and non-dualism
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• 8. Literary Bioethics
  • Introduction
  • Literary form and genres
  • Genre and different media
    • Science fiction
    • Ecofiction
  • (Bio)ethical questions in fiction
    • Human-human relations
    • Human and non-human relations
    • Human-planet relations
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• 9. Bioethics and (Bio)Art
  • What is BioArt?
  • The ethics of BioArt
  • BioArt and bioethics
    • Involvement of the audience
    • BioArt as artistic research
    • Bioethics, Biology, BioArt
  • How BioArt can contribute to ethical considerations towards the ‘unknown’
    • Time
    • Ephemeral art
    • Documenting
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• Index
• About the Team
• This book need not end here…
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