Comparative Empirical Bioethics: Dilemmas of Genetic Testing and Euthanasia in Israel and Germany

1. Introduction: Engaging in Comparative Bioethics
Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz

2. Setting the Methodological Scene: The Value of Explication and Pluralization of Moral Grammars
Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz

3. Applying the Theoretical Tools: Being Affected, Responsibility, and Risk
Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz

4. Contextualizing the Cultural and Medico-Legal Debate on Adult Genetic Testing
Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz

5. Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes in Germany and Israel Towards Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases
Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz

6. Planning One’s End of Life in an Expert Biomedical Culture
Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz

7. Lay Attitudes Towards End-of-Life Decision-Making in Germany and Israel
Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz

8. Risks and Responsibilities: Making Plans for Life and Death
Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz

9. Final Conclusion: Disentangling the Micro and the Macro in Bioethics
Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz

Nyckelord: Philosophy, Ethics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Human Genetics