Catholic Bioethics for a New Millennium
Cambridge University Press (2011)
| Abstract | Machine generated contents note: Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Part I. How are we to do Bioethics?: Section 1. Context: Challenges and Resources of a New Millennium: 1. Sex and life in post-modernity; 2. Catholic engagement with the culture of modernity; 3. Promising developments; 4. Conclusion; Section 2. Conscience: The Crisis of Authority: 5. The voice of conscience; 6. The voice of the magisterium; 7. Conscience in post-modernity; 8. Where to from here?; Section 3. Cooperation: Should we ever Collaborate with Wrongdoing?: 9. Traditional example; 10. Five modern examples; 11. Some fundamental issues raised by these examples; 12. Why it matters so much; 13. Conclusion; Part II. Beginning-of-Life: Section 4. Beginnings: When do People Begin?: 14. Method, thesis and implications; 15. A closer look at Ford's science; 16. A closer look at Ford's philosophy; 17. Individuality criteria; 18. Conclusions; Section 5. Stem Cells: What's all the Fuss About?: 19. Scientific potential and concerns about stem cells; 20. Ethical concerns about embryonic stem cells; 21. Social concerns about embryonic stem cells; Section 6. Abortion - and the New Eugenics: 22. The perennial debate about abortion; 23. Pre-natal screening: a search and destroy mission?; 24. The new abortion debate; Part III. Later Life: Section 7. Transplants: Bodies, Relationships and Ethics: 25. Love beyond death; 26. Conceptions of the body and relationships in organ transplantation; 27. Fashionable bioethical approaches to organ procurement; 28. Better bioethical approaches to organ procurement; 29. Ethical issues in organ reception; 30. Conclusion; Section 8. Artificial Nutrition: Why do Unresponsive Patients Matter?: 31. Civilisation after Schiavo?; 32. Why the unresponsive still matter: a philosophical account; 33. Why the unresponsive still matter: a theological account; 34. Some final questions; Section 9. Endings: Suicide and Euthanasia in the Bible: 35. The problem of suicide and euthanasia in the Bible; 36. Suicides and euthanasias in the Bible; 37. The Scriptural basis of Judeo-Christian opposition to suicide and euthanasia; Part IV. Protecting Life: Section 10. Identity: What Role for a Catholic Hospital?: 38. A tale of two hospitals; 39. Current challenges for Catholic hospitals; 40. Catholic hospitals as diakonia; 41. Catholic hospitals as martyria; 42. Catholic hospitals as leitourgia; 43. Conclusion: six tasks for a new century; Section 11. Regulation: What Kinds of Laws and Social Policies?: 44. A tale of three politicians; 45. Catholic principles for politicians; 46. Reasonable stances for a pro-life politician; 47. Some virtues of a pro-life politician. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Medical ethics Catholic Church Bioethics Catholic Church RELIGION / Ethics | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Buy the book | $69.43 new (23% off) $72.20 used (20% off) $79.28 direct from Amazon (12% off) Amazon page | |||||||||
| Call number | R725.56.F57 2011 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 1107009588 9781107009585 | |||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,701 |
| External links |
  Try with proxy. |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesDavid F. Kelly (2004). Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics. Georgetown University Press.
Kevin D. O'Rourke & Philip Boyle (eds.) (1999). Medical Ethics: Sources of Catholic Teachings. Georgetown University Press.
Aaron L. Mackler (2003). Introduction to Jewish and Catholic Bioethics: A Comparative Analysis. Georgetown University Press.
J. Bryan Hehir (1992). Policy Arguments in a Public Church: Catholic Social Ethics and Bioethics. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 17 (3):347-364.
Benedict M. Ashley (1994). Ethics of Health Care: An Introductory Textbook. Georgetown University Press.
Daniel P. Maher (ed.) (1997). The Bishop and the Future of Catholic Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Workshop for Bishops. Pope John Center.
Edward James Furton & Veronica McLoud Dort (eds.) (1999). Ethical Principle in Catholic Health Care. National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Russell E. Smith (ed.) (1996). The Gospel of Life and the Vision of Health Care: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Bishops' Workshop, Dallas, Texas. Pope John Center.
Benedict M. Ashley (1997). Health Care Ethics: A Theological Analysis. Georgetown University Press.
Philip S. Keane (2002). Catholicism and Health-Care Justice: Problems, Potential, and Solutions. Paulist Press.
Norman Ford (2011). Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Chisholm Health Ethics Bulletin 16 (4):4.
James T. McHugh (1994). Health Care Reform and Abortion: A Catholic Moral Perspective. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 19 (5):491-500.
Analytics
Monthly downloads
Sorry, there are not enough data points to plot this chart.
|
Added to index2011-07-25Total downloads0Recent downloads (6 months)0How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
