Christianity and Bioethics: Confronting Clinical Issues
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Medical technology and new treatments are being discovered and promoted at a much faster rate than our ability to reflect on their ethical, social, legal, and religious implications. As a result, people are often unprepared to answer the difficult questions that confront them today:
- Is abortion ever justifiable?
- If a loved one is suffering, can we take action that might relieve their suffering but will hasten their death?
- Should doctors be allowed to help patients who wish to end their lives?
- If a child is severely impaired, can we allow her to die rather than face a life of suffering?
- Should we use genetic therapy to enhance the human race?
- Should we seriously consider cloning human beings?
The way we answer these questions is indicative of who we are and what kind of world we want for ourselves and our children.
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- Provides a well-reasoned Christian apologetic on bioethics
- Addresses common questions
- Explores legal and ethical issues
Top Highlights
“Ethical egoism differs from psychological egoism in that it claims that we ought to act in a manner that ultimately serves our best interest.” (Page 31)
“Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the consequentialistic theory that says the morally right thing to do is that which provides the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people.” (Page 32)
“abstract. We can point to at least four basic levels of justification: judgments, rules, principles, and theories.5” (Page 26)
“Deontology is the view that looks at our actions and declares them right or wrong in themselves” (Page 34)
“First, there is a difference between functioning as a person and being a person” (Page 205)