Sarah M Chan

Hippias Minor or the Art of Cunning

“The person who fails and does embarrassing and criminal things, if he does exist, can’t be anyone other than the excellent person.” —Socrates One of Plato’s most controversial dialogues, Hippias Minor details Socrates’s confounding arguments that there is no difference between a person who tells t...

From reason to practice in bioethics: An anthology dedicated to the works of John Harris (Bioethics and the Humanities MUP)

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 consciousne...

Families - Beyond the Nuclear Ideal (Science Ethics and Society)

This book examines, through a multi-disciplinary lens, the possibilities offered by relationships and family forms that challenge the nuclear family ideal, and some of the arguments that recommend or disqualify these as legitimate units in our societies.That children should be conceived naturally, b...

Stem Cells: New Frontiers in Science & Ethics

Fast-moving and ever-changing, stem cell science and research presents ongoing ethical and legal challenges in many countries. Each development and innovation throws up new challenges. This is the case even where new developments initially seem to solve old dilemmas. Sometimes it becomes evident tha...

Value Of Life: Intro Medic Ethics 2nd Edition