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This Element traces the origins and development of bioethics, the principles and values involved in the discipline, and the roles of justice among these principles and values. The main tasks given to the concept of justice have since the late 1970s been nondiscrimination in research, prioritization in medical practice, and redistribution in healthcare. The Element argues that in a world challenged by planet-wide political and environmental threats this is not sufficient. The nature and meaning of justice has to be rethought. The Element does this by dissecting current bioethical approaches in the light of theories of justice as partly clashing interpretations of equality. The overall findings are twofold. Seen against the background of global concerns, justice in bioethics has become a silent guardian of economic sustainability. Seen against the same background, we should set our aims higher. Justice can, and must, be put to better use than it presently is. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Bioethics. --- Social justice. --- Equality --- Justice --- Biology --- Biomedical ethics --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Science --- Moral and ethical aspects

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Bioethics. --- Bioètica --- Neurociències --- Filosofia --- Ciències neurològiques --- Neurociència --- Ciències de la salut --- Sistema nerviós --- Biology --- Biomedical ethics --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Science --- Moral and ethical aspects

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This text provides definitive and comprehensive education for members of healthcare ethics committees confronted with ethically challenging clinical situations. Chapters are written by internationally recognized experts in bioethics. Each chapter includes learning objectives, case presentations and discussion questions.

Medical ethics committees. --- Medical ethics. --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Health care ethics committees --- Healthcare ethics committees --- Hospital ethics committees --- Ethics committees --- Moral and ethical aspects

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Recent research in neurochemistry has shown there to be a number of chemical compounds that are implicated in the patterns of lust, attraction, and attachment that undergird romantic love. For example, there is evidence that the phenomenon of attachment is associated with the action of oxytocin and vasopressin. There is therefore some reason to suppose that patterns of lust, attraction, and attachment could be regulated via manipulation of these substances in the brain: in other words, by their use as 'love drugs'. A growing bioethical literature asks searching questions about this prospect, and especially about the use of such drugs to enhance or reignite attachment in flagging relationships. This Element examines some of the central arguments on the topic, and sounds a note of caution. It urges that there are reasons to think the states of attachment produced or facilitated by the use of such drugs would not be desirable.

Psychotropic drugs. --- Medical ethics. --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Psychiatric drugs --- Psychoactive drugs --- Psychopharmaceuticals --- Drugs --- Drugs of abuse --- Psychopharmacology --- Psychotropic plants --- Moral and ethical aspects

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Medical ethics. --- Medical innovations --- Medical innovations. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Innovations, Medical --- Medicine --- Medical technology --- Technological innovations --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Innovations --- Moral and ethical aspects