Catholic Perspectives on Medical Morals Foundational Issues

CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVES AND CONTEMPORARY MEDICAL MORALS A Catholic perspective on medical morals antedates the current world­ wide interest in medical and biomedical ethics by many centuries[5]. Discussions about the moral status of the fetus, abortion, contraception, and sterilization can be found in...

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Other Authors: Pellegrino, Edmund D. (Editor), Langan, J. (Editor), Harvey, John Collins (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1989, 1989
Edition:1st ed. 1989
Series:Philosophy and Medicine
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I: A Prologue
  • Some Basic Considerations on Moral Teaching in the Church
  • II: The Philosophical Foundations
  • Nature and Human Nature as the Norm in Medical Ethics
  • The Human Person and Philosophy of Medicine: A Response to William A. Wallace
  • Philosophical Foundations of Catholic Medical Morals (translated by E. E. Langan)
  • Moral Disagreements in Catholicism: A Commentary on Wallace, Schüller, and Thomasma
  • III: The Theological Foundations
  • “Catholic” Medical Moral Theology?
  • “Theological” Medical Morality? A Response to Joseph Fuchs
  • Theological Argument and Hermeneutics in Bioethics
  • The Doctrinal Starting Points for Theology and Hermeneutics in Bioethics: A Response to Klaus Demmer
  • A Brief History of Medical Ethics from the Roman Catholic Perspective: Comments on the Essays of Fuchs, Cahill, Demmer, and Hellwig
  • IV: Pluralism within the Church
  • Pluralism within the Church
  • One Church, Plural Theologies
  • Is Ethics One or Many?
  • Can Ethics Be Contradictory?: A Response to Gerard J. Hughes, S. J.
  • V: Pluralism in Society
  • Religious Pluralism and Social Policy: The Case of Health Care
  • Consensus, Moral Witness, and Health-Care Issues: A Dialogue with J. Bryan Hehir
  • Notes on a Catholic Vision of Pluralism
  • A Brief Commentary on “Notes on a Catholic Vision of Pluralism”
  • VI: Agapeistic Medical Ethics
  • The Art and Science of Medicine
  • Agape and Ethics: Some Reflections on Medical Morals from a Catholic Christian Perspective
  • Notes on Contributors