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Prophets of the posthuman : American fiction, biotechnology, and the ethics of personhood
Prophets of the Posthuman provides a fresh and original reading of fictional narratives that raise the question of what it means to be human in the face of rapidly developing bioenhancement technologies. Christina Bieber Lake argues that works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walker Percy, Flannery O'Connor, Toni Morrison, George Saunders, Marilynne Robinson, Raymond Carver, James Tiptree, Jr., and Margaret Atwood must be reevaluated in light of their contributions to larger ethical questions. Drawing on a wide range of sources in philosophical and theological ethics, Lake argues that these writers share a commitment to maintaining a category of personhood more meaningful than that allowed by utilitarian ethics. Prophets of the Posthuman insists that because technology can never ask whether we should do something that we have the power to do, literature must step into that role.
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Creating Life from Life
This book melds essays on biotechnology written by scientists into science fiction stories. It opens a conversation about the morality of what we may one day be, and what it may mean to be human as our biotechnological endeavors continue to evolve. The biotechnology \"revolution,\" launched on a global scale many decades ago, has taken a direct course toward re-creating life. Yet there are still many choices to be made in shaping the future that it may one day make possible. The book motivates readers toward deep reflection and continual discourse, which is essential if biotechnology is to evolve in ethical, meaningful, and sustainable ways.
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Narrative Autonomy
This section welcomes submissions addressing literature as a means to explore ethical issues arising in healthcare. “Literature” will be understood broadly, including fiction and creative nonfiction, illness narratives, drama, and poetry; film studies might be considered if the films are adaptations from a literary work. Topics include in-depth analysis of literary works as well as theoretical contributions, discussions, and commentary about narrative approaches to disease and medicine, the way literature shapes the relationship between patients and healthcare professionals, the role of speculative fiction as a testing ground for future scenarios in healthcare, and so on. Articles discussing the uses of literature for bioethics education and outreach will be particularly appreciated. Research on literature not originally written in English will be considered as long as it has also been published in translation. Submissions should include an abstract and should conform to the CQ Guidelines for Contributors. To submit an article or discuss a suitable topic, write to Antonio Casado da Rocha at antonio.casado@ehu.es. This article proposes a concept of narrative autonomy to supplement existing accounts in healthcare ethics. This is done by means of a comparison between three end-of-life scenarios: Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich and two related contemporary stories by Lorrie Moore and Bernhard Schlink, which explore some problems arising when extremely individualistic notions of patient autonomy are put into practice. It is argued that the best model for palliative care is a cooperative one in which patient autonomy is understood as essentially social, and that involves decisional, executive, informational, and narrative dimensions.
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Bioethics and Biolaw through Literature
In recent years, the well-established field of human anthropology has been put under scrutiny by the new data offered by science and technology. Scientific intervention into human life through organ transplants, euthanasia, genetic engineering, experiments connected to the genetic code and the genome, and varied other biotechnologies have placed ethical beliefs into question and created ethical dilemmas. These scientific inventions influence our views on birth and death, on the construction of the body and its technical reproducibility, and have problematized the concept of the human persona. The purpose of bioethics, the science of life, is to find new values and norms which will be valid for a multicultural society. Bioethics is, today, a well-respected topic of research that has brought together philosophers and experts to discuss the limits of science and medicine.
The aim of this book is to merge the two fields of bioethics and law (or biolaw) through the literary text, by taking into consideration the transformations of the concept of persona at which we have nowadays arrived. The new meaning of the term 'persona' represents in fact the final point of a long-standing quest for man's sense of his own being and human dignity, and of his capacity to live in social interrelations. The volume presents a wide range of perspectives, comprising methodological approaches, legal and literary aspects.
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Best Practices Guidelines for Publishing in the Bioethics Literature
Best Practices Guidelines for Publishing in the Bioethics Literature Cambridge University Press's position on sharing journal and book content can be viewed at: www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/social-sharing Following are best practices guidelines for publishing in the bioethics literature as complied by editors from the American Journal of Bioethics, Bioethics, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Developing World Bioethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Nursing Ethics, and Theoretical Medicine as part of the Journal Editors Project, sponsored by the Greenwall Foundation. [...]writing parts of the article's text v.. Social Responsibility Institutions or groups involved in the production of bioethics publications have a social responsibility to make every effort to ensure that people in developing countries*have realistic access to the content of their publications (on request), including the availability of printed materials at shipping cost.
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Best Practices Guidelines for Publishing in the Bioethics Literature
Best Practices Guidelines for Publishing in the Bioethics Literature Following are best practices guidelines for publishing in the bioethics literature as complied by editors from the American Journal of Bioethics, Bioethics, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Developing World Bioethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Nursing Ethics, and Theoretical Medicine as part of the Journal Editors Project, sponsored by the Greenwall Foundation. [...]writing parts of the article's text v.. Social Responsibility Institutions or groups involved in the production of bioethics publications have a social responsibility to make every effort to ensure that people in developing countries*have realistic access to the content of their publications (on request), including the availability of printed materials at shipping cost.
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Best Practices Guidelines for Publishing in the Bioethics Literature
Best Practices Guidelines for Publishing in the Bioethics Literature Following are best practices guidelines for publishing in the bioethics literature as complied by editors from the American Journal of Bioethics, Bioethics, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Developing World Bioethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Nursing Ethics, and Theoretical Medicine as part of the Journal Editors Project, sponsored by the Greenwall Foundation. [...]writing parts of the article's text v.. Social Responsibility Institutions or groups involved in the production of bioethics publications have a social responsibility to make every effort to ensure that people in developing countries*have realistic access to the content of their publications (on request), including the availability of printed materials at shipping cost.
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Best Practices Guidelines for Publishing in the Bioethics Literature
Best Practices Guidelines for Publishing in the Bioethics Literature Following are best practices guidelines for publishing in the bioethics literature as complied by editors from the American Journal of Bioethics, Bioethics, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Developing World Bioethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Nursing Ethics, and Theoretical Medicine as part of the Journal Editors Project, sponsored by the Greenwall Foundation. For original empirical research papers or review articles regarding empirical research, the journal asks authors to adhere to the authorship criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. 2.. [...]writing parts of the article's text v.. Be written clearly and articulately Research Involving Human Subjects It is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the publication of articles presenting research involving human subjects that the research described is conducted in accordance with the relevant international and national standards and regulations governing research involving human subjects. Social Responsibility Institutions...
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