Bioethics
A Culture War
Published on 7. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
100 pages
978-0-7618-2918-8 (ISBN)
Description
The purpose of this valuable book is to consider recent cultural trends in bioethics from a Catholic perspective. The first section describes modern cultural notions of health and human suffering. It examines the meaning of suffering in the contemporary world and relates this discussion to the ethical issues surrounding abortion, euthanasia, and the competing conceptions of health. The second section discusses the philosophical origins of the culture war through an examination of the problematic bases of various forms of moral relativism and its inability to guide moral action. The third section contextualizes this abstract discussion in the current political and legal debate on biotechnology, marriage, and the family. Bioethics is intended for a lay audience interested in understanding bioethical issues from a Catholic perspective.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-2918-8 (9780761829188)
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Persons
Nicholas C. Lund-Molfese, M.A., J.D. is Coordinator of the Ministry in Higher Education Agency of the Archdiocese of Chicago and Director of the Integritas Institute of the John Paul II Newman Center, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Michael L. Kelly is an undergraduate at the University of Chicago studying Biology and the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine. He is an Ethics Fellow and member of the Healthcare Ethics Advisory Board at the Integritas Institute of the John Paul II Newman Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Michael L. Kelly is an undergraduate at the University of Chicago studying Biology and the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine. He is an Ethics Fellow and member of the Healthcare Ethics Advisory Board at the Integritas Institute of the John Paul II Newman Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Content
Chapter 1 Editor's Note: Nicholas C. Lund-Molfese; Michael L. Kelly
Chapter 2 Introduction: Francis Cardinal George
Chapter 3 Part I. A Modern Culture War: Health and Human Suffering: What is the Culture War About?; What is Health? What is Disease?
Chapter 4 Part II. Philosophical Roots of the Moral Debate: Are There Specific Exceptionless Moral Norms?; A Refutation of Moral Relativism
Chapter 5 Part III. Law and Public Morality: Science, Law, and the Culture of Death; The Public Morality of Having Children
Chapter 6 Index
Chapter 7 Contributors
Chapter 2 Introduction: Francis Cardinal George
Chapter 3 Part I. A Modern Culture War: Health and Human Suffering: What is the Culture War About?; What is Health? What is Disease?
Chapter 4 Part II. Philosophical Roots of the Moral Debate: Are There Specific Exceptionless Moral Norms?; A Refutation of Moral Relativism
Chapter 5 Part III. Law and Public Morality: Science, Law, and the Culture of Death; The Public Morality of Having Children
Chapter 6 Index
Chapter 7 Contributors