A Life-Centered Approach to Bioethics Biocentric Ethics
A Life-Centered Approach to Bioethics Biocentric Ethics by Lawrence E. Johnson, published by Cambridge University Press on December 6, 2010, is an illustrated volume comprising 388 pages. This book presents a bioethical framework grounded in a comprehensive understanding of life and its quality, addressing various controversial topics such as euthanasia, abortion, cloning, and genetic engineering. Rather than offering definitive answers to these complex issues, Johnson focuses on developing a method for navigating bioethical dilemmas as they arise.
Readers will find an extensive examination of the nature of the self and its good, alongside various ethical approaches. The discussion is designed to be accessible, providing insights into how to manage ethical challenges and establish boundaries in bioethics. This work is also connected to Johnson’s broader contributions to environmental philosophy, enriching the conversation around medical ethics and law.
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This book approaches bioethics on the basis of a conception of life and what is needed for the affirmation of its quality in the most encompassing sense. Lawrence E. Johnson applies this conception to discussions of controversial issues in bioethics including euthanasia, abortion, cloning, and genetic engineering. His emphasis is not on providing definitive solutions to all bioethical issues but on developing an approach to coping with them that can also help us deal with new issues as they emerge. The foundation of this discussion is an extensive examination of the nature of the self and its good and of various approaches to ethics. His bioethic is integrally related to his well-known work on environmental philosophy. The book also applies these principles on an individual level, offering a user-friendly discussion of how to deal with ethical slippery slopes and how and where to draw the line when dealing with difficult questions of bioethics.
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