Catholic bioethics for a new millennium
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Author
Publication
2011 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
86,500 words, Guess
Page Count
346 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24918732M
- ISBN-139781107009585
- OCLC Control Number751831853
- OCLC Control Number794323725
- OCLC Control Numbercatholicbioethic0000fish
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- Library of Congress Control Number2011029844
Classifications
- DDC174.2
- LCCR725.56 .F57 2011
Description
"Can the Hippocratic and Judeo-Christian traditions be synthesized with contemporary thought about practical reason, virtue and community to provide real-life answers to the dilemmas of healthcare today? Bishop Anthony Fisher discusses conscience, relationships and law in relation to the modern-day controversies surrounding stem cell research, abortion, transplants, artificial feeding and euthanasia, using case studies to offer insight and illumination. What emerges is a reason-based bioethics for the twenty-first century; a bioethics that treats faith and reason with equal seriousness, that shows the relevance of ancient wisdom to the complexities of modern healthcare scenarios and that offers new suggestions for social policy and regulation. Philosophical argument is complemented by Catholic theology and analysis of social and biomedical trends, to make this an auspicious example of a new generation of Catholic bioethical writing which has relevance for people of all faiths and none"--
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