Jewish And Catholic Bioethics

Author : Edmund D. Pellegrino MD,Alan I. Faden
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1589013506

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Jewish and Catholic Bioethics by Edmund D. Pellegrino MD,Alan I. Faden Pdf

Drawing on multiple interconnected scriptural and spiritual sources, the Jewish tradition of ethical reflection is intricate and nuanced. This book presents scholarly Jewish perspectives on suffering, healing, life, and death, and it compares them with contemporary Christian and secular views. The Jewish perspectives presented in this book are mainly those of orthodox scholars, with the responses representing primarily Christian-Catholic points of view. Readers unfamiliar with the Jewish tradition will find here a practical introduction to its major voices, from Spinoza to Jewish religious law. The contributors explore such issues as active and passive euthanasia, abortion, assisted reproduction, genetic screening, and health care delivery. Offering a thoughtful and thought-provoking dialogue between Jewish and Christian scholars, Jewish and Catholic Bioethics is an important contribution to ecumenical understanding in the realm of health care.

Author : Aaron L. Mackler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0878401466

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Introduction to Jewish and Catholic Bioethics by Aaron L. Mackler Pdf

Leavened with compassion, common sense, and a readable style, this introduction to complicated bioethical issues from both Jewish and Catholic perspectives is as informative as it is undaunting. Aaron Mackler takes the reader through methodology in Roman Catholic moral theology and compares and contrasts it with methodology as it is practiced in Jewish ethics. He then skillfully wends his way through many topics foremost on the contemporary ethical agenda for both Jewish and Catholic ethicists: euthanasia and assisted suicide, end-of-life decisions, abortion, in vitro fertilization, and the ever-growing problem of justice regarding access to health care and medical resources. A concluding chapter summarizes general tendencies in the comparison of the two traditions, and addresses the significance of convergence and divergence between these traditions for moral thinkers within each faith community, and generally in western democracies such as the United States. As Mackler overviews these issues, he points out the divergences and the commonalities between the two traditions -- clarifying each position and outlining the structure of thinking that supports them. At the heart of both Catholic and Jewish perspectives on bioethics is a life-affirming core, and while there may be differences in the "why" of those ethical divergences, and in the "how" each arrived at varying -- or the same -- conclusions, both traditions, in the words of James McCartney as quoted in the introduction, "are guided by the principle that life is precious; that we are bidden to preserve and guard our health; that we are bidden to intervene in nature to raise the human estate; and that our lives are not our own, but are part of the legacy bequeathed to us by the Creator." This book has been carefully crafted in that spirit.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : UOM:39015047514370

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Considering Religious Traditions in Bioethics by Anonim Pdf

Author : David E. Guinn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190292461

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Handbook of Bioethics and Religion by David E. Guinn Pdf

What role should religion play in a religiously pluralistic liberal society? Public bioethics unavoidably raises this question in a particularly insistent fashion. As the 20 papers in this collection demonstrate, the issues are complex and multifaceted. The authors address specific and highly contested issues as assisted suicide, stem cell research, cloning, reproductive health, and alternative medicine as well as more general questions such as who legitimately speaks for religion in public bioethics, what religion can add to our understanding of justice, and the value of faith-based contributions to healthcare. Christian (Catholic and Protestant), Jewish, Islamic, and Buddhist viewpoints are represented. The first book to focus on the interface of religion and bioethics, this collection fills a significant void in the literature.

Author : Sir Immanuel Jakobovits
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Jewish ethics
ISBN : UOM:39015004445923

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Jewish Medical Ethics by Sir Immanuel Jakobovits Pdf

Beautiful Princess Hime is an awesome warrior who fights the forces of evil--werewolves, demons, vamprires, monsters, etc.--with a chainsaw and a smile, as well as the help of her undead servant Hiro and a supercute robot named Flandre. She also has magic that allows her to rescurrect the dead.

Author : John J. Fitzgerald,Ashley John Moyse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351050852

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Treating the Body in Medicine and Religion by John J. Fitzgerald,Ashley John Moyse Pdf

Modern medicine has produced many wonderful technological breakthroughs that have extended the limits of the frail human body. However, much of the focus of this medical research has been on the physical, often reducing the human being to a biological machine to be examined, understood, and controlled. This book begins by asking whether the modern medical milieu has overly objectified the body, unwittingly or not, and whether current studies in bioethics are up to the task of restoring a fuller understanding of the human person. In response, various authors here suggest that a more theological/religious approach would be helpful, or perhaps even necessary. Presenting specific perspectives from Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the book is divided into three parts: "Understanding the Body," "Respecting the Body," and "The Body at the End of Life." A panel of expert contributors—including philosophers, physicians, and theologians and scholars of religion— answer key questions such as: What is the relationship between body and soul? What are our obligations toward human bodies? How should medicine respond to suffering and death? The resulting text is an interdisciplinary treatise on how medicine can best function in our societies. Offering a new way to approach the medical humanities, this book will be of keen interest to any scholars with an interest in contemporary religious perspectives on medicine and the body.

Author : Fred Rosner,Menachem M. Brayer
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 0881256625

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Jewish Bioethics by Fred Rosner,Menachem M. Brayer Pdf

How do you define the precise moment of death? Should "pulling the plug" and mercy killings be allowed by law? Is it necessary to control the birth of "test tube babies"? Should abortions be legal and freely available? What are the social implications of sex-change operations? Should research on cloning and genetic engineering be allowed and encouraged? Should doctors be permitted to perform medical experiments on human subjects?

Author : P.F. Camenisch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789401583626

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Religious Methods and Resources in Bioethics by P.F. Camenisch Pdf

A volume on religious/theological methods in biomedical ethics inevitably of whether the methodological dimension can be distin raises the question guished from the various other things that go on in ethical discourse. It is difficult to answer this question definitively since many elements in moral conversation can be interpreted in different ways. Barbara Hilkert Andolsen illustrates this issue in this volume when she defines one of her crucial cate gories, gender justice, as being both procedural and substantive/normative. This difficulty of finally separating the methodological from the normative arises in many areas of contemporary ethical writing, both feminist and otherwise. Nevertheless, it seems that in many cases we can separate out the method ological issues with considerable precision. Albert Jonsen and James Childress achieve just such a sharp focus in their essays. This does not mean that a careful dissecting of their papers would not reveal normative elements lurking about their methodological points. It is simply to say that the issues they analyze and the positions they take are, at least prima facie, overwhelmingly method ological. They are much more about how we think about ethical matters than they are about what we think about them.

Author : Peter Joel Hurwitz,Jacques Picard,Avraham Steinberg
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0881259217

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Jewish Ethics and the Care of End-of-life Patients by Peter Joel Hurwitz,Jacques Picard,Avraham Steinberg Pdf

Determined by laws, still allows for many different--and sometimes mutually contradictory--viewpoints. For professionals, religious leaders, and the general public. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Fred Rosner
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 088125701X

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Biomedical Ethics and Jewish Law by Fred Rosner Pdf

"In addition, a number of the earlier chapters have been thoroughly revised in light of current developments. The book is an addition to the library of anyone who is concerned about the interaction between modern medicine and Jewish law in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : J. Crane
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781137021090

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Narratives and Jewish Bioethics by J. Crane Pdf

Narratives and Jewish Bioethics searches for answers to the critical question of what roles ancient narratives play in creating modern norms by Jewish bioethicists utilizing the Jewish textual tradition.

Author : Aaron L. Mackler
Publisher : JTS Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X004551366

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Life and Death Responsibilities in Jewish Biomedical Ethics by Aaron L. Mackler Pdf

Papers on biomedical ethics that integrate the resources of millenia with the most recent developments in medicine and ethical thought.

Author : R. Dennis Macaleer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620322246

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The New Testament and Bioethics by R. Dennis Macaleer Pdf

Beauchamp and Childress's Principles of Biomedical Ethics is a well-accepted approach to contemporary bioethics. Those principles are based on what Beauchamp and Childress call the common morality. This book employs New Testament theological themes to enhance the meaning of those principles of bioethics. The primary New Testament text for this study is the twin commands from Jesus to love God and love one's neighbor. The three theological themes developed from this study--the image of God, the covenant, and the pursuit of healing--are deeply embedded in the New Testament and in the ministry of Jesus. Three contemporary bioethics principles are used for this dissertation, based on The Belmont Report. They are the principles of respect for persons, justice, and beneficence. In each case, the theological themes are shown to enhance the meaning of these bioethics principles. Each of the three principles, as understood through the three theological themes, is applied to a current bioethics issue to demonstrate the efficacy of this approach. The three current issues addressed are the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment, the distribution of health care in the Untied States, and the use of palliative care.

Author : J. David Bleich
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0881254738

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Bioethical Dilemmas by J. David Bleich Pdf

Rabbi Bleich is one of the world's foremost authorities on the subject of Jewish perspectives on the ethical questions which arise in the wake of modern medical technology. In these essays, which are intended for all who are concerned with these issues, Rabbi Bleich covers such questions as the care of the terminally ill, including the vexing issue of whether the family may decide to withhold information from the person who is terminally ill, artificial insemination, genetic engineering the moral status of the handicapped. AIDS, and immoral medical experimentation.

Author : James F. Drane
Publisher : Edinborough Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : IND:30000100497159

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More Humane Medicine by James F. Drane Pdf

More Humane Medicine addresses the major issues facing contemporary medicine from a liberal Catholic perspective. The book appears at a time when demands are being expressed by many Catholics for more open attitudes and more realistic approaches to moral questions.