This book discusses contemporary issues in medical ethics from a Buddhist perspective. Drawing on ancient and modern sources, Damien Keown shows how Buddhist ethical principles can be applied consistently to a range of bioethical problems, including abortion, embryo research, and euthanasia. 

Buddhism and Bioethics, Damien Keown, Palgrave, Paperback, 1995/2001, 208 Pages; $39.95

Damien Keown is Reader in Buddhism at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His books on Buddhism include Dictionary of Buddhism and uddhism, A Very Short Introduction. He is also Editor of The Journal of Buddhist Ethics and Coeditor of The Curzon Critical Studies in Buddhism series.

	Contents:  Buddhism and Bioethics
	Preface to the papaerback edition	viii
	Introduction	ix
	Acknowledgements	xvi
1	Buddhism, Medicine and Ethics	1
	I Buddhism and medicine	1
	II Buddhism and ethics	6
	III Doing Buddhist ethics	11
	IV Humans, animals and persons	21
	V Ethics and human good	37
	VI A test case	57
2	At the Beginning of Life	65
	I When does life begin?	65
	II Reflections on the three conditions	73
	III Embryo loss and twinning	82
	IV Abortion	91
	V Embryo research	118
	VI Fertility control	122
3	At the End of Life	139
	I Defining death	139
	II Buddhism and death	144
	III The persistent and vegetative state	158
	IV Euthanasia: early sources	168
	V Euthanasia: modern views	173
	Notes	188
	Bibliography	199
	Glossary	204
	Index	206