The Making of British Bioethics

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015. 2nd Printing. Octavo with dark blue and pink pictorial boards; 288 pages; index; 22cm Fine, as new. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780719096198

"Recent decades have witnessed profound shifts in the politics of medicine and the biological sciences. Members of several professions, including philosophers, lawyers and social scientists, now discuss and help regulate issues that were once left to doctors and scientists, in a form of outside involvement known as bioethics. The making of British bioethics provides the first in-depth study of the growing demand for this outside involvement in Britain, where bioethicists have become renowned and influential ethics experts'." -- Back cover.

Contents: Introduction. 1. Ethics 'by and for professions': the origins and endurance of club regulation. 2. Ian Ramsey, theology and 'trans-disciplinary' medical ethics. 3. 'Who's for bioethics?' Ian Kennedy, oversight and accountability in the 1980s. 4. 'Where to draw the line?' Mary Warnock, embryos and moral expertise. 5. 'A service to the community as a whole': the emergence of bioethics in British universities. 6. Consolidating the 'ethics industry': a national ethics committee and bioethics during the 1990s. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index. Notes: Introduction 1. Ethics 'by and for professions': the origins and endurance of club regulation 2. Ian Ramsey, theology and 'trans-disciplinary' medical ethics 3. 'Who's for bioethics?' Ian Kennedy, oversight and accountability in the 1980s 4. 'Where to draw the line?' Mary Warnock, embryos and moral expertise 5. 'A service to the community as a whole': the emergence of bioethics in British universities 6. Consolidating the 'ethics industry': a national ethics committee and bioethics during the 1990s; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.