Provides contributions from a range of disciplines that mine the intersection of the secular and the religious, the medical and the moral, to unearth the ethical and clinical implications. This title includes an examination of how a theological anthropology can help us better understand health care, social policy, and science.
Provides contributions from a range of disciplines that mine the intersection of the secular and the religious, the medical and the moral, to unearth the ethical and clinical implications. This title includes an examination of how a theological anthropology can help us better understand health care, social policy, and science.
Such a participatory bioethics, she argues, must also take account of and take part in a global social network of mobilization for change; it must seek out those in solidarity, those involved in a common calling to create a more just social, political, and economic system.
The Scientific And Moral Case For The Biotech Revolution
Written by Ronald Bailey, a science writer for "Reason" magazine, this book argues that the biotechnology revolution, far from endangering human dignity, will liberate human beings to achieve their full potential by enabling more of us to live lives free of disease, disability, and the threat of early death.
Taking the theory of pluralistic casuistry with conventional bioethical wisdom, this title challenges the rigid principalism of contemporary bioethics. It argues for the fundamental distinction between active and passive euthanasia, and for a need to reconceptualize approaches to brain death.
Examines the history, state, and future of "concepts" in medicine. This title shows the evolutionary arc of medical concepts from the Greek physician Galen of Pergamum (ca 150 ce) who proposed that "the best doctor is also a philosopher", to contemporary discussions of the genome and morality.
An introduction to complicated bioethical issues from both Jewish and Catholic perspectives. It takes the reader through methodology in Roman Catholic moral theology and compares and contrasts it with methodology as it is practiced in Jewish ethics.
A collection that is based on the notion that the future of bioethics is inseparable from its past. It features a number of the pioneers in bioethics who reflect on their early work and how they fit into the past and future of bioethics. It provides a broad overview of the history and the state of the field.
Challenges the rigid principalism of contemporary bioethics. This title argues for the fundamental distinction between active and passive euthanasia, for a need to reconceptualize approaches to brain death, and for the right of providers to unilaterally discontinue life support.
