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From reason to practice in bioethics brings together original contributions from some of the world’s leading scholars in the field of bioethics. With a particular focus on, and critical engagement with, the influential work of Professor John Harris, the book provides a detailed exploration of some of the most interesting and challenging philosophical and practical questions raised in bioethics. The book’s broad range of chapters will make it a useful resource for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in the field of bioethics, and the relationship between philosophical and practical ethics. The range of contributors and topics afford the book a wide international interest.

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  1. Cover
  2. p. 1
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  1. Half Title, Series Info, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. ix-xv
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  1. Series editors’ forewords
  2. pp. xvi-xix
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. p. xx
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  1. Part I: Introductions
  1. 1. Editors’ introduction
  2. John Coggon, Sarah Chan, Søren Holm, Thomasine Kushner
  3. pp. 3-15
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  1. 2. Thought and memory
  2. John Harris
  3. pp. 16-30
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  1. Part II: Grounding moral arguments
  1. 3. On moral nose
  2. Jonathan Glover
  3. pp. 33-43
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  1. 4. Hanging around with Jackson: consistency in ethical argument, and how to avoid it
  2. Richard Ashcroft
  3. pp. 44-55
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  1. 5. The unbearable desire for explicitness and rationality in bioethics
  2. Michael Parker, Micaela Ghisleni
  3. pp. 56-63
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  1. 6. Moral epistemology and the survival lottery
  2. Torbjörn Tännsjö
  3. pp. 64-74
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  1. 7. Harris and the criticism of the status quo
  2. Florencia Luna
  3. pp. 75-84
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  1. 8. The natural as a moral category
  2. Harry Lesser
  3. pp. 85-91
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  1. 9. Making sense of human dignity
  2. Deryck Beyleveld
  3. pp. 92-101
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  1. 10. Why we should save the anthropocentric person
  2. Simon Woods
  3. pp. 102-116
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  1. Part III: From ethics to policy and practice
  1. 11. Why the reasonable man is not always right?
  2. Margaret Brazier
  3. pp. 119-130
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  1. 12. Why the body matters: reflections on John Harris’s account of organ procurement
  2. Alastair V. Campbell
  3. pp. 131-141
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  1. 13. Harris’s principle of justice in health care
  2. Ruth Macklin
  3. pp. 142-151
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  1. 14. Eqalyty revisited
  2. Andrew Edgar
  3. pp. 152-162
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  1. 15. The safety of the people and the case against invasive health promotion
  2. Andreas Hasman
  3. pp. 163-169
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  1. 16. Could we reduce racism with one easy dip? What a thought experiment about race-colour change makes us see
  2. Margaret P. Battin
  3. pp. 170-180
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  1. 17. Against mumps, Meursault, McDonald’s and Marlboro: on the immunisation of children against smoking, alcohol and drugs
  2. Inez de Beaufort
  3. pp. 181-189
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  1. 18. Killing and allowing to die
  2. Raanan Gillon
  3. pp. 190-198
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  1. Part IV: John Harris responds
  1. 19. Response to and reflections on chapters 3–18
  2. John Harris
  3. pp. 201-225
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 226-237
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 238-244
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