Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. This chapter addresses Ethics of Care, Body Politics, Theorising the Ethicaland Governance, it provides a variety of exciting perspectives by which to bring the highly successful Ethics, law and Society series to an end. The chapter remains loyal to the editorial aspirations of its previous editors, Professor Søren Holm and Dr Jennifer Gunning, of enriching our knowledge of contemporary ethical and regulatory developments. Jenny and Soren, both prominent bioethicists, not only encouraged contributions which explored ethical and regulatory perspectives around the body, genetic technologies, life sciences and the life course, but also sought to embrace far broader concerns relating to the environment, conflict and war, and to issues which are every bit as crucial to the lived experience, such as the use and management of information.