Bioethics with Liberty and Justice Themes in the Work of Joseph M. Boyle

Joseph M. Boyle Jr. has been a major contributor to the development of Catholic bioethics over the past thirty five years. Boyle’s contribution has had an impact on philosophers, theologians, and medical practitioners, and his work has in many ways come to be synonymous with analytically rigorous ph...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tollefsen, Christopher (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Series:Philosophy and Medicine
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Editor’s Preface: Christopher Tollefsen
  • Part one: The substantial identity thesis. Part two: moral and legal issues at the beginning and ending of life
  • Part three: Double effect and bioethics
  • Part four: Bioethics and the natural law: challenges
  • Part five: The right to health care
  • Part six: boyle responds