S. Matthew Liao is Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics, Director of the Center for Bioethics, and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy, New York University. He is the author or editor of The Right to Be Loved (2015) and Moral Brains: The Neuroscience of Morality (2016), and co-edited Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights (2015). He has been featured in the New York Times and other media outlets and is the Editor in Chief for the Journal of Moral Philosophy.

Collin O'Neil is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Lehman College, City University of New York. His recent publications have appeared in Philosophy & Public Affairs, American Journal of Bioethics, and Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics.

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Contributors

Bioethics: Current Controversies

S. Matthew Liao and Collin O'Neil

Part I

Research Ethics: How Should We Justify Ancillary Care Duties?

1. Locating Medical Researchers' Ancillary-Care Obligations within the Division of Moral Labor




Henry S. Richardson




2. The Grounds of Ancillary Care Duties




S. Matthew Liao and Collin O'Neil





Part I Suggested Readings




Part II




Clinical Ethics: Are Psychopaths Morally Accountable?




3. Fine Cuts of Moral Agency: Dissociable Deficits in Psychopathy and Autism




Dana Kay Nelkin




4. Holding Psychopaths Responsible and the Guise of the Good




Agnieszka Jaworska





Part II Suggested Readings





Part III




Reproductive Ethics: Is There a Solution to the Non-Identity Problem?




5. Dividing and Conquering the Nonidentity Problem




Melinda A. Roberts and David T. Wasserman




6. The Nonidentity Problem: United and Unconquered




Saul Smilansky





Part III Suggested Readings





Part IV




Neuroethics: What Is Addiction and Does It Excuse?




7. Addiction, Habits, and Blame




Timothy Schroeder and Nomy Arpaly




8. How Addicts Lose Control




Neil Levy





Part IV Suggested Readings






Part V




Public Health Ethics: Is Luck Egalitarianism Implausibly Harsh?






9. Rarely Harsh and Always Fair: Luck Egalitarianism and Unhealthy Choices




Zofia Stemplowska




10. Luck Egalitarianism, Harshness, and the Rule of Res

Bioethics is the study of ethical issues arising out of advances in the life sciences and medicine. Historically, bioethics has been associated with issues in research ethics and clinical ethics as a result of research scandals such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and public debates about the definition of death, medical paternalism, health care rationing, and abortion. As biomedical technologies have advanced, challenging new questions have arisen for bioethics and new sub-disciplines such as neuroethics and public health ethics have entered the scene. This volume features ten original essays on five cutting-edge controversies in bioethics written by leading philosophers.
I. Research Ethics: How Should We Justify Ancillary Care Duties?
II. Clinical Ethics: Are Psychopaths Morally Accountable?
III. Reproductive Ethics: Is There A Solution to the Non-Identity Problem?
IV. Neuroethics: What is Addiction and Does It Excuse?
V. Public Health Ethics: Is Luck Egalitarianism Implausibly Harsh?
S. Matthew Liao and Collin O'Neil's concise introduction to the essays in the volume, the annotated bibliographies and study questions for each controversy, and the supplemental guide to additional current controversies in bioethics give the reader a broad grasp of the different kinds of challenges in bioethics.