Biomedical research and beyond : expanding the ethics of inquiry / Christopher O. Tollefsen.

New York ; Abingdon : Routledge, 2008.

xii, 229 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-223) and index.

Is there an ethics of inquiry? -- Core concepts in the ethics of inquiry -- Questions of consent -- Fairness and truth-telling -- The ethics of human embryo research -- Animal research and animal rights -- Coercion, torture, enhancement, and the inviolability of the person -- The scientific profession and the state -- Science and the sovereignty of the state -- Humanistic and journalistic inquiry and the state -- The vocation, practice, and progress of inquiry -- The virtues of inquiry.