Bioethics at the movies / edited by Sandra Shapshay.
| Other author | Shapshay, Sandra, 1969- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. |
| Description | xviii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "I give them what they want: either an orphan or an abortion": The cider house rules and the abortion issue / Robert Arp -- Reading citizen Ruth her rights: satire and moral realism in the abortion debate / Al-Yasha Ilhaam -- Homo sapiens, robots, and persons in I, robot and Bicentennial man / Stephen Coleman, Richard Hanley -- The Babe vegetarians: bioethics, animal minds, and moral methodology / Nathan Nobis -- "No gene for fate?": luck, harm, and justice in Gattaca / Colin Gavaghan -- Lifting the genetic veil of ignorance: is there anything really unjust about Gattacan society? / Sandra Shapshay -- Multiplicity: a study of cloning and personal identity / Troy Jollimore, Becky Cox White -- Is ignorance bliss? Star trek: nemesis, cloning, and the right to an open future / Amy Kind -- "Blessed are the forgetful": the ethics of memory deletion in Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind / Andy Miah -- Hacking the mind: existential enhancement in Ghost in the shell / Paul J. Ford -- Commodification, exploitation, and the market for transplant organs: a discussion of Dirty pretty things / Clark Wolf -- "She's DNR!" "she's research!": conflicting role-related obligations in Wit / Terrance McConnell -- "He just got old": aging and compassionate care in Dad / Bradley J. Fisher, Sandra Shapshay -- False images: reframing the end-of-life portrayal of disability in Million dollar baby / Zana Marie Lutfiyya, Karen D. Schwartz, Nancy Hansen -- "I can't be like this, Frankie, not after what I've done": Million dollar baby and the value of human lives / Helen Frowe -- Providing Critical care for a Big fish at the end of life: how Sidney Lumet and Tim Burton can help us avoid becoming the next Terri Schiavo / Kenneth Richman -- The Thanatoria of Soylent Green: on reconciling the good life with the good death / Matthew Burstein -- "If you could cure cancer by killing one person, wouldn't you have to do that?": utilitarianism and deontology in Extreme measures / Jason T. Eberl -- Talk to whom? Redefining autonomy in Talk to her / Daniel Sperling -- Stars and triangles: controversial bioethics in contemporary Spanish film / Antonio Casado da Rocha -- Ikiru and net-casting in intercultural bioethics / Michael C. Brannigan. |
| Abstract | Bioethics explores the ways in which popular films engage basic bioethical concepts and concerns. Twenty-one philosophically grounded essays use cinematic tools such as character and plot development, scene setting, and narrative framing to demonstrate a range of principles and topics in contemporary medical ethics. Structured to mirror bioethics and cinema classes, this innovative work includes end-of-chapter questions for further consideration and contributions from scholars from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Israel, Spain, and Australia. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Aufsatzsammlung. |
| Genre/form | Motion pictures. |
| Genre/form | Trivia and miscellanea. |
| Genre/form | Aufsatzsammlung. |
| Genre/form | Motion pictures. |
| Genre/form | Films. |
| LCCN | 2008015426 |
| ISBN | 0801890772 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780801890772 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801890780 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780801890789 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | R725.5 .B52 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |