Disputes in Bioethics: Abortion, Euthanasia, and Other Controversies (Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics and Bioethics)

Disputes in Bioethics tackles some of the most debated questions in contemporary scholarship about the beginning and end of life.

This collection of essays takes up questions about the dawn of human life, including: Should we make children with three (or more) parents? Is it better never to have been born? and Why should the baby live? This volume also asks about the dusk of human life: Is 'death with dignity' a dangerous euphemism? Should euthanasia be permitted for children? Does assisted suicide harm those who do not choose to die? Still other questions are asked concerning recent views that health care professionals should not have a right to conscientiously object to legal and accepted medical practices.

Finally, the book addresses questions about separating conjoined twins as well as the issue of whether the species of an individual makes a difference for the individual's moral status.