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- Global Bioethics: Building on the Leopold Legacy
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
summary
Van Rensselaer Potter created and defined the term "bioethics" in 1970, to describe a new philosophy that sought to integrate biology, ecology, medicine, and human values. Bioethics is often linked to environmental ethics and stands in sharp contrast to biomedical ethics. Because of this confusion (and appropriation of the term in medicine), Potter chose to use the term "Global Bioethics" in 1988. Potter's definition of bioethics from Global Bioethics is, "Biology combined with diverse humanistic knowledge forging a science that sets a system of medical and environmental priorities for acceptable survival."
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. i
- INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-12
- 1. THE LEOPOLD LEGACY
- pp. 13-29
- 2. HUMAN SURVIVAL
- pp. 31-55
- 3. DILEMMAS IN ECOLOGICAL BIOETHICS
- pp. 57-70
- 4. TWO KINDS OF BIOETHICS
- pp. 71-94
- 5. DILEMMAS IN MEDICAL BIOETHICS
- pp. 95-127
- 6. THE CONTROL OF HUMAN FERTILITY
- pp. 129-150
- 7. GLOBAL BIOETHICS DEFINED
- pp. 151-184
- Appendix I. THE LEOPOLD HERITAGE
- pp. 185-191
Additional Information
ISBN
9781609172886
Related ISBN(s)
9780870132643, 9781628954586, 9781628964523
MARC Record
OCLC
774285423
Pages
219
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1988