THE ETHICS OF TRANSPLANTS by Janet Radcliffe Richards ( 9780199575558 )

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Title:

THE ETHICS OF TRANSPLANTS
WHY CARELESS THOUGHT COSTS LIVES

By:

Janet Radcliffe Richards

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 March, 2012

Pages:

256

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Issues surrounding organ transplantation are hotly and publicly debated: for it raises unique ethical questions regarding the rights and responsibilities of donors. Leading moral philosopher Janet Radcliffe Richards provides a sharp analysis, dissecting the commonly raised arguments concerning organ procurement from the living and the dead.

Synopsis:

If you die through mistakes in moral reasoning, then you are as dead as if you die through mistakes made in medicine. Organ transplantation saves lives yet thousands die every year on waiting lists through lack of organs. We are exhorted to donate; but is our individual reluctance the essence of the problem, or is it caused by deeper issues in the way public policy is discussed and formulated? Janet Radcliffe Richards casts a sharp critical eye on the moral arguments, forcing us to confront the logic and implications of our own position. A book for everyone who is up for intellectual challenge and is serious about moral reasoning in any context.

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