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Applied ethics, a subdiscipline of philosophy, lends itself to an encyclopedia format because of the many industries and intellectual fields that it encompasses. The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics is based on twelve major categories, such as Biomedical Ethics and Environmental Ethics. Religious traditions that embody normative beliefs, as well as classical theories of ethics, are explored in a non-judgmental manner. Each of the twelve categories is divided into discrete areas that are covered by 5,000-6,000 word articles. Each of the 281 articles begins with a definition of the subject and includes a table of contents, glossary of key terms, and bibliography. Second- and third- level headings, boxes, sidebars, and the like emphasize the reference-oriented nature of the material. The four volumes are arranged in an A-Z format, with a complete subject index at the end of the last volume. Articles are written by international experts, arranged alphabetically by title, not by subject, and cross-referenced so the reader can locate relevant information in other articles.

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• Articles Featured in the Encyclopedia: Abortion
• Accounting and Business Ethics
• Acts and Omissions
• Adoption
• Advance Directives
• Advertising
• Affirmative Action
• Aged Persons, Societal Attitudes Toward
• Ageism
• Agricultural Ethics
• AIDS
• AIDS in the Developing World
• AIDS Treatment and Bioethics in South Africa
• Alternative Medicine
• Altruism and Economics
• Animal Research
• Animal Rights
• Anthropocentrism
• Applied Ethics, Challenges To
• Applied Ethics, Overview
• Archaeological Ethics
• Aristotelian Ethics
• Arts, The
• Auditing Practices
• Authority in Education
• Autonomy
• Biocentrism
• Biodiversity
• Bioethics, Overview
• Biotechnology
• Birth-Control Ethics
• Birth-Control Technology
• Brain Death
• Broadcast Journalism
• Buddhism
• Business and Economic Ethics, Overview
• Capital Punishment
• Casuistry
• Censorship
• Child Abuse
• Children''s Rights
• Christian Ethics, Protestant
• Christian Ethics, Roman Catholic
• Citizenship
• Civil Disobedience
• Civilian Populations in War, Targeting Of
• Codes of Ethics
• Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry
• Collective Guilt
• Communitarianism
• Computer and Information Ethics
• Computer Security
• Confidentiality, General Issues Of
• Confidentiality of Sources
• Conflict of Interest
• Confucianism
• Consequentialism and Deontology
• Conservation (Stewardship)
• Consumer Rights
• Contractarian Ethics
• Corporal Punishment
• Corporate Responsibility
• Corporations, Ethics In
• Courtroom Proceedings, Reporting Of
• Crime and Society
• Custody of Children
• Darwinism
• Death, Definition Of
• Death, Medical Aspects Of
• Death, Societal Attitudes Toward
• Deep Ecology
• Development Ethics
• Development Issues
• Disability Rights
• Discourse Ethics
• Discrimination, Concept Of
• Distributive Justice, Theories Of
• Divorce
• Do-Not-Resuscitate Decisions
• Drugs: Moral and Legal Issues
• Ecological Balance
• Egoism and Altruism
• Election Strategies
• Electronic Surveillance
• Embryology, Ethics Of
• Environmental Compliance By Industry
• Environmental Economics
• Environmental Ethics, Overview
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Justice
• Epicurianism
• Equality and Egalitarianism
• Ethics and Social Services, Overview
• Ethics Education in Schools
• Ethnocultural Minority Groups, Status and Treatment Of
• Eugenics
• Euthanasia
• Evolutionary Perspectives in Ethics
• Executive Compensation
• Existentialism
• Exploitation
• Family, The
• Female Circumcision and Genital Mutilation
• Feminist Ethics
• Feminist Jurisprudence
• Fetal Research
• Fetus
• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of the Press in the U.S
• Freudianism
• Friendship
• Gaia Hypothesis
• Gambling
• Game Theory
• Gender Roles
• Gene Therapy
• Genetic Counselling
• Genetic Engineering
• Genetic Research
• Genetics and Behaviour
• Genetic Screening
• Genetic Technology, Legal Regulation Of
• Genome Analysis
• Government Funding of Research
• Greek Ethics, Overview
• Gun Control
• Hazardous and Toxic Substances
• Health and Disease, Concept Of
• Health Care Financing
• Hedonism
• Higher Education, Ethics Of
• Hinduism
• Homelessness
• Homicide, Criminal Vs
• Justifiable
• Homosexuality, Societal Attitudes Toward
• Honor Codes
• Human Nature, Views Of
• Human Research Subjects, Selection Of
• Humanism
• Imperialism
• Improper Payments and Gifts
• Indigenous Rights
• Infertility
• Information Management
• Informed Consent
• Insanity, Legal Concept Of
• Intelligence Testing
• Internet Protocol
• Investment, Ethics Of
• Islam
• Judaism
• Jury Conduct
• Juvenile Crime
• Kantianism
• Land-Use Issues
• Leadership, Ethics Of
• Legal Ethics, Overview
• Liberalism
• Life, Concept Of
• Literature and Ethics
• Machiavellianism
• Marxism
• Media Depiction of Ethnic Minorities
• Media Ownership
• Medical Codes and Oaths
• Medical Ethics, History Of
• Medical Ethics, Use of Historical Evidence In
• Medical Futility
• Mental Health
• Mental Illness, Concept Of
• Mercy and Forgiveness
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Military Codes of Behaviour
• Moral Development
• Moral Relativism
• National Security Issues
• Native American Cultures
• Nature Vs
• Nurture
• Nuclear Deterrence
• Nuclear Power
• Nuclear

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Library Journal Review

Chadwick (Ctr. for Professional Ethics, Univ. of Central Lancashire; Ethics, Reproduction, and Genetic Control) has gathered a global array of practitioners, philosophers, and other academics in this expanded update of the 1997 first edition. Each volume includes a reader's guide, a full subject classification, and a table of contents for the set. The subject classification-which arranges articles alphabetically under broad topics such as "Bioethics," "Ethics in Education," "Philosophy/Theories," and "Ethics in Politics"-illustrates the work's broad scope. Some content, viewed by the editor as "classic" from the first edition, is reprinted in the second, but readers will also find topical expansion of issues that were just emerging in 1997. These include responses to terrorism as well as technological advances affecting medicine and information sharing. The entries, which also examine applied ethics itself and challenges to it, are mostly three or four pages in length but can run up to 20 pages. Each opens with a glossary of terms, offers cross-references and suggestions for further reading (which often include relevant websites), and closes with biographical sketches of the authors. VERDICT As a starting point for research on a wide variety of applied-ethics related topics, this set will appeal to students in higher education (both undergraduate and graduate) and academics.-Sarah Sutton, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

The last 15 years have seen watershed movements in ethics, especially applied ethics. The second edition of this encyclopedia (1st ed., CH, May'98, 35-4850) reflects these changes, touching on developments in medicine, information technology, and privacy, among others. Readers will find articles on applied ethics (human rights, abortion) as well as ethical theory (pacifism, stoicism, and trust). The organization of this four-volume set is helpful: a subject classification with loose headings (e.g., "Legal") is followed by entry headings (e.g., "divorce," "rape," "victimless crimes") relevant to the topic at the front of each volume; a cumulative comprehensive index at the end of volume 4 references the relevant volumes. Individual volumes feature an alphabetical list of the entries by volume. The peer-reviewed entries themselves are well-organized, with a glossary up front and cross-references at the end. Entries also offer a bibliography, list of relevant websites, and a biographical sketch of the contributor. In all, this is a masterful work of scholarship that is both timely and valuable. The scope of the content and the quality of the articles (especially the discussions of the relationship of hermeneutics to applied ethics) will appeal to the full range of students, specialists, and interested readers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers. S. J. Shaw Antioch University Midwest

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Ruth Chadwick is Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the ESRC (Economic and Social Sciences Research Council) Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen), at Cardiff University, UK and Link Chair between Cardiff Law School and the School of English, Communication and Philosophy (ENCAP). Professor Chadwick has coordinated a number of projects funded by the European Commission, including the EUROSCREEN projects and co-edits the journal Bioethics and the online journal Genomics, Society and Policy. She is Chair of the Human Genome Organisation Committee on Ethics, Law and Society, and has served as a member of several policy-making and advisory bodies, including the Panel of Eminent Ethical Experts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the UK Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP). She was editor-in-chief of the first edition of the award winning Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. She is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Hastings Center, New York; of the Royal Society of Arts; and of the Royal Society of Medicine. In 2005 she was the winner of the World Technology Network Award for Ethics for her work on the relationship between scientific developments and ethical frameworks. She graduated with first class Honours Literae Humaniores (Philosophy and Greek and Latin Literature) from the University of Oxford, and then went on to take the B.Phil. in Philosophy. She was awarded her D.Phil. on The Ethics of Eugenics and Genetic Engineering, supervised by Jonathan Glover. She completed an LL.B. (externally) at the University of London. She held positions at the University of Liverpool, St. Martins College, Lancaster, and University of Wales, Cardiff, before taking up her post as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Central Lancashire. In June 1995 she became Head of the Centre for Professional Ethics at the University, a position she still holds. She has coordinated a number of multinational and multidisciplinary research projects funded by the European Union: Ethical Implications of Human Genome Analysis for Clinical Practice in Medical Genetics, with Special Reference to Genetic Counselling (1992); EUROSCREEN: Genetic Screening--Ethical and Philosophical Perspectives (1994-1996); BIOCULT: Cultural and Social Objections to Biotechnology, with Special Reference to the View of Young People (1995); EUROSCREEN 2: Genetic Screening--Towards Community Policy on Insurance, Commercialisation and Public Awareness (1996-1999). Her publications include the four volume edited collection, Kant: Critical Assessments (1992); Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control (Revised Edition, 1992);and a large number of papers in learned journals. She is joint series editor of the Routledge series on Professional Ethics. Professor Chadwick is secretary of the International Association of Bioethics and a member of the HUGO Ethics committee, the National Committee for Philosophy and the British Medical Association Steering Group on Human Genetics.