This anthology gathers together original works from some of bioethics’ most celebrated scholars. Focused on and around the works of John Harris, the book addresses the most debated issues in contemporary bioethics, and will serve as an excellent text and resource for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in bioethics.

Part I: Introductions1. Editors’ introduction – John Coggon, Sarah Chan, Søren Holm, and Thomasine Kushner2. Thought and memory – John HarrisPart II: Grounding moral arguments 3. On moral nose – Jonathan Glover4. Hanging around with Jackson: consistency in ethical argument, and how to avoid it – Richard Ashcroft5. The unbearable desire for explicitness and rationality in bioethics – Michael Parker and Micaela Ghisleni6. Moral epistemology and the survival lottery –Torbjörn Tännsjö7. Harris and the criticism of the status quo – Florencia Luna8. The natural as a moral category – Harry Lesser9. Making sense of human dignity – Deryck Beyleveld10. Why we should save the anthropocentric person – Simon WoodsPart III: From ethics to policy and practice 11. Why the reasonable man is not always right? – Margaret Brazier12. Why the body matters: reflections on John Harris’s account of organ procurement – Alastair V. Campbell13. Harris’s principle of justice in health care – Ruth Macklin14. Equality revisited – Andrew Edgar15. The safety of the people and the case against invasive health promotion – Andreas Hasman16. Could we reduce racism with one easy dip? What a thought-experiment about race-colour change makes us see – Margaret P. Battin17. Against mumps, Meursault, McDonald’s and Marlboro: On the immunization of children against smoking, alcohol and drugs – Inez de Beaufort18. Killing and allowing to die – Raanan GillonPart IV: John Harris responds 19. Response to and reflections on chapters 3-18 – John HarrisBibliography Index

No area of practical philosophy receives stronger or more sustained attention than bioethics. It has been established as a staple course on university curricula across the world, influences the practice of professions within and beyond health care, and increasingly features in the public consciousness. Focused on and around the works of John Harris, this book addresses the most debated issues in contemporary bioethics. This anthology gathers together original works from some of bioethics’ most celebrated scholars, such as Margaret Brazier, Raanan Gillon, Jonathan Glover and Ruth Macklin, as well as John Harris himself, offering his own reflections on the field of bioethics, to which he has contributed so much. The book examines theoretical issues in philosophical bioethics, and practical issues and problems in the application of philosophical argument. It closes with a chapter by Professor Harris in which he responds critically to the book’s contributors. Whilst challenging, the chapters in this volume are accessible to a broad international readership, and will provide fundamental insights into the nature and limitations of ethical argument. The book will serve as an excellent resource for students, scholars and practitioners interested in bioethics.