Thomistic Principles and Bioethics

• Auteur principal: Eberl, Jason T. (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Taylor & Francis 2006
• Collection: Routledge Annals of Bioethics
• Sujets: Philosophy; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Ethics & moral philosophy; rational; soul; aquinass; account; morally; permissible; vegetative; capacities; irreversible; cessation
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Résumé

Alongside a revival of interest in Thomism in philosophy, scholars have realised its relevance when addressing certain contemporary issues in bioethics. This book offers a rigorous interpretation of Aquinas's metaphysics and ethical thought, and highlights its significance to questions in bioethics. Jason T. Eberl applies Aquinas's views on the seminal topics of human nature and morality to key questions in bioethics at the margins of human life - questions which are currently contested in the academia, politics and the media such as: When does a human person's life begin? How should we define and clinically determine a person's death? Is abortion ever morally permissible? How should we resolve the conflict between the potential benefits of embryonic stem cell research and the lives of human embryos? Does cloning involve a misuse of human ingenuity and technology? What forms of treatment are appropriate for irreversibly comatose patients? How should we care for patients who experience unbearable suffering as they approach the end of life? Thomistic Principles and Bioethics presents a significant philosophical viewpoint which will motivate further dialogue amongst religious and secular arenas of inquiry concerning such complex issues of both individual and public concern.

ISBN

9780203966259
9780415770637;9780415654579;9780415762137;9781135986186;9781135986179;9781135986131

Accès

Open Access