Philosophies and Sociologies of Bioethics

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This book is an interdisciplinary contribution to bioethics, bringing together philosophers, sociologists and Science and Technology Studies researchers as a way of bridging the disciplinary divides that have opened up in the study of bioethics. Each discipline approaches the topic through its own lens providing either normative statements or empirical studies, and the distance between the disciplines is heightened not only by differences in approach, but also disagreements over the values, interpretations and problematics within bioethical research. In order to converse across these divides, this volume includes contributions from several disciplines. The volume examines the sociological issues faced by interdisciplinary research in bioethics, the role of expertise, moral generalisations, distributed agency, and the importance of examining what is not being talked about. Other contributions try to take an interdisciplinary look at a range of specific situations, fetal alcohol syndrome in the media, citizen science, electronic cigarettes and bioethical issues in human geography. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Introduction: Crossing the Divides (Hauke Riesch, Nathan Emmerich, Steven Wainwright)....Pages 1-22 Elective Modernism and the Politics of (Bio)Ethical Expertise (Nathan Emmerich)....Pages 23-40 Grounding Knowledge and Normative Valuation in Agent-Based Action and Scientific Commitment (Catherine Kendig)....Pages 41-64 Ethics and Citizen Participation in the uBiome Institutional Review Board Debate: Some Reflections on Social and Normative Analyses (Lorenzo Del Savio)....Pages 65-75 Minding the Gaps: Sensitivities in Pursuing Empirical Ethics (Brian Rappert)....Pages 77-91 ‘It’s Not Just About Having Babies’: A Socio-bioethical Exploration of Older Women’s Experiences of Making Oncofertility Decisions in Britain (Alexis Paton)....Pages 93-105 ‘Can Someone Please Decide?’ How the Media Represent the Risk of Drinking During Pregnancy (Hauke Riesch)....Pages 107-125 The Ethical Framework for the Use of E-Cigarettes (Nancy Tamimi)....Pages 127-147 Performing Risk & Ethics in Clinicians’ Accounts of Stem Cell Liver Therapies (Steven Wainwright, Mike Michael, Clare Williams)....Pages 149-169 Outroduction (Hauke Riesch, Nathan Emmerich, Steven Wainwright)....Pages 171-173