Reviews “Chadwick carefully places technological advances within both the ethical frameworks they generate and the public policy issues necessary for implementation….The articles are excellent, scholarly, and valuable to a wide range of readers, advanced undergraduates to professionals.”—CHOICE The ethical assessment of new technologies raises two principal concerns: the need to develop effective policies and legislation, and the reconsideration of the ethical frameworks in which these policies and laws are developed. The importance of rapid, accurate examinations of tensions between Philosophy and Law and the relationship between philosophical principles and empirical data has never been greater. This collection of articles form part of an ongoing process of development in applied ethics. Among new articles are studies of scientific and theoretical subjects by leaders in their fields. Authors of genetics articles have updated their works to include the most recent developments and publications. The implications of personal, social, political, and philosophical attitudes toward new technologies will guide our world for generations to come. No more exciting debate involves so many disciplines and can have such unforeseen consequences. This pointed collection of articles by the world's leading scholars seeks both to inform and influence that conversation. CONTENTS: Bioethics, Overview, Raanan GillonBiotechnology, Michael ReissBirth Control Technology, James W. KnightBrain Death, C.A. DefantiCloning, Thomas H. Murray and Gregory KaebnickComputer and Information Ethics, Simon Rogerson Consequentialism and Deontology, Matthew W. HallgarthEmbryology, Ethics of, Søren Holm Environmental Impact Assessment, Marja Järvelä Feminist Ethics, Rosemarie Tong Fetal Research, Robert H. Blank Gene Therapy, Adam M. HedgecoeGenetic Counseling, Angus ClarkeGenetic Engineering, Matti Häyry & Heta GyllingGenetic Research, R.O. Mason and G.E. TomlinsonGenetic Screening, Ruth ChadwickGenetic Technology, Legal Regulation of, Tony McGleenanGeneticization, Rogeer HoedemaekersGenetics and Behavior, Garland E. AllenGenome Analysis, Adam M. HedgecoeHazardous & Toxic Substances, Kristin Shrader-Frechette Health & Disease, Concepts of, Robert Wachbroit Health Technology Assessment, Richard AscroftHuman Nature, View of, Strachan Donnelley Human Research Subjects, Selection of Richard Ashcroft Instrumental vs. Intrinsic Value, Nicholas JollLife, Concept of, Maurizio Mori Medical Futility, Loretta M. Kopelman Novel Foods, Ben MephamNuclear Power, Kristin Shrader-FrechetteNuclear Testing, Steven Lee Organ Transplants and Xenotransplantation, Ruth Chadwick and Udo SchüklenkPlaying God, William Grey Precautionary Principle, Jenneth Parker Reproductive Technologies, Lucy FrithScience & Engineering Ethics, Overview, R. E. Spier Slippery Slope Arguments, Wibren van der Burg