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Much recent thought on the ethics of new biomedical technologies and work in ethics and political philosophy more generally is committed to hidden and contestable views about the nature of biological reality. This selection of essays by Tim Lewens, a leading expert in the field, teases out these biological foundations of bio ethical writing and subjects them to scrutiny. The topics covered include human enhancement, the risks of technical progress, the alleged moral threat of synthetic biology, the reality of human nature, the relevance of evolutionary psychology to social policy, the nature of the distinction between health and disease and justice in healthcare decision-making.
Salient Features:
At the intersection of philosophy and science
Presents Lewens` influential papers on bioethics together for the first time
A clear and concise summary of the state of play
Points the way for future debates
Table of contents:
Introduction: The Biological Foundations of Bioethics
Part One: Bettering Nature
Enhancement and Human Nature: The Case of Sandel
The Risks of Progress: Precaution and the Case of Human Enhancement
Human Nature: The Very Idea
From Bricolage to Biobricks: Synthetic Biology and Rational Design
Origins, Parents and Non-Identity
Part Two: Biology in Ethics and Political Philosophy
Development Aid: On Ontogeny and Ethics
Prospects for Evolutionary Policy
What are Natural Inequalities?
Foot Note
Health, Naturalism and Policy
References
IndexISBN - 9780198712657
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Pages : 192
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