Annals of Bioethics: Regional Perspectives in Bioethics.

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Peppin, John F. and Mark J. Cherry. Annals of Bioethics--Regional Perspectives in Bioethics. Exton, Pennsylvania: Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, 2003.

Bioethics cannot be thought of as a primarily North American and Western European academic discipline. Bioethics has become a truly international phenomenon, moving beyond academic discussions into politics, social policy, and law.

Regional Perspectives in Bioethics illustrates the ways in which the national and international political landscape compasses persons from diverse and often fragmented moral communities with widely varying moral intuitions, premises, evaluations, and commitments. It explores, documents, and critically assesses the moral, cultural, and religious viewpoints representing the various...