Contemporary controversies in Catholic bioethics / Jason T. Eberl, editor.
| Other author | Eberl, Jason T. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017] |
| Description | xvi, 622 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Philosophy and medicine, 0376-7418 ; volume 127 Catholic studies in bioethics Philosophy and medicine ; v. 127. 0376-7418 ^A965 Philosophy and medicine. Catholic studies in bioethics. ^A944334 |
| Contents | Part I: Moral Statud of Human Embryos and Fetuses Introduction / Jason T. Eberl -- The Ontological Status of Pre-implantation Embryos / John R. Meyer -- The Potential of Potentiality Arguments / David Hershenov (et al.) -- The Moral Status of Anencephalic Homo sapiens / Charles C. Camosy -- Anencephaly and Human Dignity in the Clinical Context: Re-conceptualizing Viability and Proportionate Reasoning / John Paul Slosar (et al.) -- Part II: Issues with Certain Lifesaving Interventions Introduction / Jason T. Eberl -- Saving the Savable Mother: Why the Physician Is Not Culpable of (Morally) Directly Killing / William F. Murphy (et al.) -- Moral Methodology in Maternal-Fetal Conflicts / Benedict M. Guevin -- Is It Ethically Permissible to Separate Conjoined Twins? Murder, Mutilation, and Consent / Christopher Kaczor -- Vital Conflicts, Bodily Respect, and Conjoined Twins: Are We Asking the Right Questions? / Helen Watt -- Embryo Adoption Before and After Dignitas personae: Defending an Argument of Limited Permissibility / Sarah-Vaughan Brakman (et al.) -- Establishing the Moral Object of Heterologous and Homologous Embryo Transfer / Catherine Althaus -- Part III: Contraception Introduction / Jason T. Eberl -- Moral Certitude in the Use of Levonorgestrel for the Treatment of Sexual Assault Survivors / Peter J. Cataldo -- Evaluation of the Mechanism of Action of Anti-fertility Treatment in Cases of Sexual Assault: Moral Certitude and Human Acts / Thomas J. Davis -- Use of a Condom to Prevent HIV among Married Couples / Christopher Tollefsen -- The Disease-Preventative Use of Condoms: Why It Is Not Forbidden According to Catholic Doctrine / William F. Murphy -- Part IV: Genetics Introduction / Jason T. Eberl -- Openness, with Caution and Suspicion, About Human Enhancement / James F. Keenan -- Philosophical Anthropology, Ethics, and Human Enhancement / Jason T. Eberl -- The Moral Status of Human Embryos and Other Possible Sources of Stem Cells / Lawrence Masek -- The Ethical Problems of Altered Nuclear Transfer and Human-Animal Chimeras: We Can Find a Better Way / John F. Morris -- Part V: Issues at the End of Human Life Introduction / Jason T. Eberl -- Catholic Controversy Over the Rationale for the Determination of Death by Neurological Criteria / David Albert Jones -- Defining Death with Aristotle and Aquinas / Kevin L. Flannery -- On the Provision of Medical Nutrition and Hydration / Jānis (John) T. Ozoliņš -- A Catholic Approach to Withholding Medically Provided Food and Water / Joseph Boyle -- Part VI: Organ Donation Introduction / Jason T. Eberl -- Is Presumed Consent a Morally Permissible Policy for Organ Donation? / James J. Delaney -- A Catholic Moral Analysis of Legislative Defaults in Organ Donation / Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco -- Cardiac Death, Reversibility, and Evidence for Death / Stephen Napier -- A Catholic Perspective on Organ Donation After Cardiac Death / Peter A. Clark -- Part VII: Healthcare Law and Policy Introduction / Jason T. Eberl -- Complicity of Catholic Healthcare Institutions with Immoral Laws / Gerard Magill -- Catholic Institutions within a Democratic Polity: A Potential Procrustean Bed / Margaret Monahan Hogan -- Bioethics and Catholic Politicians: Who Is a Person? / Michael A. Fragoso (et al.) -- Addressing Unjust Laws Without Complicity: Selective Bans Versus Regulation / Helen Watt -- Conflicts of Conscience for Catholic Healthcare Professionals / Mark S. Latkovic -- Conscientious Objection for Catholic Healthcare Professionals / Thomas A. Cavanaugh. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017943355 |
| ISBN | 9783319557649 alk. paper |
| ISBN | 3319557645 alk. paper |
| ISBN | eBook |
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