Contents
Note to the reader regarding the choice of images and sketches vii
Prologue: Van Rensselaer Potter ix
1. A Foundation for Bioethics: Van Rensselaer Potter’s Legacy 1
2. Overview of the Arguments 9
3. Research Ethics all the Way Down 17
The Curious Case of Paulo Macchiarini 17
Debating Nature and Nurture 26
Development and Environment 51
PART TWO: CHANCE AND CREATIVITY 65
6. A Dog Is a Dog Is a Dog: Of Nature and Values 69
7. A Process Ontology for Bioethics 77
Prehensions and Actual Occasions 77
8. Time, Culture and Creativity 87
World-Making: Creating and Being Created 92
9. Symbiosis and Interdependency 101
10. Medical Ethics and Environmental Ethics 113
11. Diseases, Disorders, Disabilities, and Norms 117
Diseases: What They Are and Why It Matters 117
Canguilhem and The World-Making of Disease Judgements 125
The Strange Case of Human Enhancement 130
Epistemic Standpoints and Epistemic (In)Justices 144
The Role of the Bioethicist: Diplomats and Idiots 149
13. Bringing Back the Environment 159
14. Caring Responsibilities 167
16. A Creative and Forward-Looking Bioethics 181
18. Development: Autism Research 205
19. Trouble: Crocodiles and Mice 211