An Introduction to Bioethics

by Thomas A. Shannon, Nicholas J. Kockler

This book provides an introductory survey of various bioethical issues facing society from beginning of life issues to end of life issues, and several issues in between.

312 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Thomas A. Shannon is Professor Emeritus of Religion and Social Ethics in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Kesaria (Kesso) Abuladze · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent, although the author didn’t think to mention the question of race while discussing eugenics (or any other major area of bioethics), which is a strange choice.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of pertinent issues in medicine, but I think I was expecting too much. I was expecting to get all the answers to the questions of bioethics, particularly abortion... instead, I just got a lot of different perspectives which made it even more confusing. I guess that's the basis of ethics though... there is never truly a correct and straightforward answer to anything.

[Brenden]

An Introduction to Bioethics (Third Edition) by Thomas A. Shannon (1996)