Friday, November 15, 2013

Bioethics texts, Spring 2014

UPDATE, Nov.27: We'll begin with these, adding more if time and inclination permit:  

Bioethics: The Basics by Campbell, Alastair V. - ISBN-10: 0415504082

Humanity Enhanced: Genetic Choice and the Challenge for Liberal Democracies (Basic Bioethics) by Russell Blackford ISBN-10: 0262026619
Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life by Venter, J. Craig -  ISBN 0670025402
   Generosity: An Enhancement Paperback – Bargain Price by Richard Powers  - ISBN 0312429754
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Still pondering text selections for our Spring '14 Bioethics class, which was just added to the course schedule at the 11th hour. Possibilities include either (1) a compendious and expensive textbook OR (2) three (or more) smaller and cheaper trade publications. If members of the course have a preference, please reply to this post ASAP. My inclination (being a cheapskate) is to go with option 2, and supplement with Internet-available sources. But what's yours?

The leading "compendious and expensive" candidates:

Bioethics: Principles, Issues and Cases, 2nd Edition by Lewis Vaughn (Sep 12, 2012) $81.50
Principles of Biomedical Ethics (Principles of Biomedical Ethics (Beauchamp)) [Paperback] $62.35
Arguing About Bioethics (Arguing About Philosophy) by Holland, Stephen (Jan 25, 2013) $40.00 Kindle Edition $47.50 paper

The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics by Peter A. Singer and A. M. Viens (Mar 3, 2008) Paperback $79.66  $61.60 Kindle Edition


Some "smaller and cheaper" alternatives:

Bioethics: The Basics by Campbell, Alastair V. (May 29, 2013) $13.77 Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $21.95 $19.00 Paperback  

Humanity Enhanced: Genetic Choice and the Challenge for Liberal Democracies (Basic Bioethics) Hardcover by Russell Blackford  (Author) Hardcover  $27.00
Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life by Venter, J. Craig (Oct 17, 2013) $10.99 Kindle Edition $26.95 $18.84 Hardcover
The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering by Sandel, Michael J. (May 1, 2007) $9.99 Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $15.00 $13.96 Paperback 
Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People Paperback $14.68 by John Harris Kindle$10.49
Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health Paperback $14 by Ivan Illich 
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot, Rebecca (Jun 4, 2010) $8.99 Kindle Edition Whispersync for Voice-ready $16.00 $9.78 Paperback

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science [Kindle Edition] Atul Gawande 

Print List Price:$16.00
Kindle Price:$8.89 
           The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right [Kindle Edition] Atul Gawande 
Print List Price:$16.00
Kindle Price:$8.89
 How Doctors Think [Kindle Edition] Jerome Groopman 

Digital List Price:$15.95 What's this? 
Print List Price:$15.95
Kindle Price:$8.61

Everything I Learned in Medical School: Besides All the Book Stuff [Kindle Edition]

Sujay Kansagra 
Digital List Price:$6.99 What's this? 
Print List Price:$13.99
Kindle Price:$5.38

 Helping, Healing, Caring: Memoir of a Nurse [Kindle Edition]

Digital List Price:$3.99 What's this? 
Print List Price:$14.85
Kindle Price:$3.99