The Ethics of New Reproductive Technologies: Cases and Questions

by Dolores Dooley, Panagiota Dalla-Vorgia, Tina Garanis-Papadatos, Joan McCarthy

Overview

The new reproductive technologies (NRTs) have given rise to new ethical questions that are widely debated. This book, the outcome of a European Union-wide collaborative process, draws on the experience and expertise of ethicists, lawyers, and clinical practitioners and focuses on some of the "burning issues" in different European countries. These include: donor insemination; surrogacy; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; embryo research; access to IVF treatment; and parental, professional and social responsibility. Familiar notions such as quality of life, parenthood, mothering, responsibility and personal identity surface at many points throughout the book and are refashioned to accommodate new questions.

This book introduces and probes ethical questions and challenges in a hands-on way by working through relevant case studies with key commentaries and activities. It engages the reader directly in ethical reasoning and decision-making and provides clear explanations, insightful commentaries and informed debate on NRTs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781571815996
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Publication date:	05/01/2003
Series:	Teaching Ethics: Material for Practitioner Education , #1
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dolores Dooley is Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at the National University of Ireland at Cork.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Re-thinking Reproductive Responsibility
Chapter 2. Donor Insemination: Anonymity, Secrecy and the Right to Know
Chapter 3. Altruism and Contract Pregnancy
Chapter 4. Embryo Research
Chapter 5. Women and the Commercialization of Embryonic Tissue
Chapter 6. Role Conflict
Chapter 7. Who Decides? Access to IVF Treatment
Chapter 8. Social Responsibility: Liberty and the Public Good

Bibliography
Index