{"product_id":"careless-thought-costs-lives-janet-radcliffe-richards-9780199575558","title":"Careless Thought Costs Lives: The Ethics of Transplants","description":"Everyone knows that transplantation can save and transform lives, but thousands die every year on waiting lists because there are not enough organs available. If more people could be persuaded to donate, more lives could be saved. But is individual reluctance to donate the root of the problem? Individual choices are made against the background of prevailing laws, conventions and institutions, and many of those present direct or indirect obstacles to organ procurement, from both the living and the dead. If any of those cannot be justified, the deaths they cause are similarly unjustified. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Ethics of Transplants\u003c\/em\u003e, Janet Radcliffe Richards, a leading moral philosopher and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sceptical Feminist\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHuman Nature after Darwin\u003c\/em\u003e, casts a sharp critical eye over these institutional barriers to organ procurement, and the logic of the arguments offered in their defense. Her incisive reasoning forces us to confront the implications of unexamined intuitions, leads to several unexpected conclusions, and in doing so demonstrates the crucial importance of clear thinking in public debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Radcliffe Richards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019957555X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199575558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2012","brand":"Janet Radcliffe Richards","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46110625497343,"sku":"9780199575558","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d68b8c7c-0fc7-4705-8dc4-baf378f55e5c.jpg?v=1725469309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/careless-thought-costs-lives-janet-radcliffe-richards-9780199575558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}