Progress in bioethics : science, policy, and politics / edited by Jonathan D. Moreno and Sam Berger.

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Introduction -- Bioethics as politics -- Bioethics progressing / Sam Berger and Jonathan D. Moreno -- Can there be a progressive bioethics? / Richard Lempert -- Bioethics as progressive -- Politics, progressivism, and bioethics / R. Alta Charo -- Bioethics : the new conservative crusade / Kathryn Hinsch -- Justice that you must pursue : a progressive American bioethics / Laurie Zoloth -- The sociology of political bioethics -- Professionalism and politics : biomedicalization and the rise of bioethics / Paul Root Wolpe -- The tension between progressive bioethics and religion / John H. Evans -- Can national bioethics commissions be progressive? should they? / Eric M. Meslin -- Conflicting views of biotechnology -- Technoprogressive biopolitics and human enhancement / James J. Hughes -- Biopolitics, mythic science, and progressive values / Marcy Darnovsky -- Progress beyond politics? -- Can bioethics transcend ideology? (and should it?) / Arthur L. Caplan -- A Catholic progressive on care and conscience / Michael Rugnetta -- Reforming health care : ends and means / Daniel Callahan -- Finding common ground in bioethics? / William F. May -- Afterword.

Bioethics has become increasingly politicized over the past decade. Conservative voices dominated the debate at first, but the recent resurgence of progressivism and the application of its fundamental values (social justice, critical optimism, practical problem solving) to bioethical issues have helped correct this ideological imbalance. Progress in Bioethics is the first book to debate the meaning of progressive bioethics and to offer perspectives on the topic both from bioethicists who consider themselves progressive and from bioethicists who do not. It aims to begin a dialogue and to provide a foothold for readers interested in understanding the field. The chapter authors, leading scholars in the field, discuss the meaning of progressive bioethics, the rise of conservative bioethics, the progressive stance toward biotechnology, the interplay of progressive bioethics and religion, and progressive approaches to such specific policy issues as bioethics commissions, stem cell research, and health-care reform.