Bioethics

TagLast edit: Aug 9, 2023, 4:08 AM by Sarah Cheng

Bioethics is the branch of applied ethics that studies the ethical issues arising from medicine and the life sciences.

Further reading

Baron, Jonathan (2006) Against Bioethics, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

Schüklenk, Udo & Peter Singer (eds.) (2021) Bioethics: An Anthology, 4th ed., Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.

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