Sanctity Of Life And Human Dignity

Author : K. Bayertz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400915909

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Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity by K. Bayertz Pdf

`Sanctity of life' and `human dignity' are two bioethical concepts that play an important role in bioethical discussions. Despite their separate history and content, they have similar functions in these discussions. In many cases they are used to bring a difficult or controversial debate to an end. They serve as unquestionable cornerstones of morality, as rocks able to weather the storms of moral pluralism. This book provides the reader with analyses of these two concepts from different philosophical, professional and cultural points of view. Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity presents a comparative analysis of both concepts.

Author : David Kretzmer,Eckart Klein
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004478190

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The Concept of Human Dignity in Human Rights Discourse by David Kretzmer,Eckart Klein Pdf

The notion of human dignity plays a central role in human rights discourse. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognition of the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. The international Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and on Civil and Political Rights state that all human rights derive from inherent dignity of the human person. Some modern constitutions include human dignity as a fundamental non-derogable right; others mention it as a right to be protected alongside other rights. It is not only lawyers concerned with human rights who have to contend with the concept of human dignity. The concept has been discussed by, inter alia, theologians, philosophers, and anthropologists. In this book leading scholars in constitutional and international law, human rights, theology, philosophy, history and classics, from various countries, discuss the concept of human dignity from differing perspectives. These perspectives help to elucidate the meaning of the concept in human rights discourse.

Author : U.S. Catholic Church
Publisher : Image
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307953704

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Catechism of the Catholic Church by U.S. Catholic Church Pdf

Over 3 million copies sold! Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life. Here it is - the first new Catechism of the Catholic Church in more than 400 years, a complete summary of what Catholics around the world commonly believe. The Catechism draws on the Bible, the Mass, the Sacraments, Church tradition and teaching, and the lives of saints. It comes with a complete index, footnotes and cross-references for a fuller understanding of every subject. The word catechism means "instruction" - this book will serve as the standard for all future catechisms. Using the tradition of explaining what the Church believes (the Creed), what she celebrates (the Sacraments), what she lives (the Commandments), and what she prays (the Lord's Prayer), the Catechism of the Catholic Church offers challenges for believers and answers for all those interested in learning about the mystery of the Catholic faith. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a positive, coherent and contemporary map for our spiritual journey toward transformation.

Author : Scott Cutler Shershow
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226088266

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Deconstructing Dignity by Scott Cutler Shershow Pdf

The right-to-die debate has gone on for centuries, playing out most recently as a spectacle of protest surrounding figures such as Terry Schiavo. In Deconstructing Dignity, Scott Cutler Shershow offers a powerful new way of thinking about it philosophically. Focusing on the concepts of human dignity and the sanctity of life, he employs Derridean deconstruction to uncover self-contradictory and damaging assumptions that underlie both sides of the debate. Shershow examines texts from Cicero’s De Officiis to Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals to court decisions and religious declarations. Through them he reveals how arguments both supporting and denying the right to die undermine their own unconditional concepts of human dignity and the sanctity of life with a hidden conditional logic, one often tied to practical economic concerns and the scarcity or unequal distribution of medical resources. He goes on to examine the exceptional case of self-sacrifice, closing with a vision of a society—one whose conditions we are far from meeting—in which the debate can finally be resolved. A sophisticated analysis of a heated topic, Deconstructing Dignity is also a masterful example of deconstructionist methods at work.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 9789231042027

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Casebook on Human Dignity and Human Rights by Anonim Pdf

Author : David P. Gushee
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780802844200

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The Sacredness of Human Life by David P. Gushee Pdf

A comprehensive examination of the sacredness of human life, encompassing biblical roots, theological elaborations, historical cases, and contemporary ethical perspectives. Gushee argues that viewing human life as sacred is one of the most precious legacies of biblical faith-- albeit one that the church has too often failed to uphold.

Author : President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.)
Publisher : U.S. Independent Agencies and Commissions
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123682846

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Human Dignity and Bioethics by President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.) Pdf

Contains a collection of essays exploring human dignity and bioethics, a concept crucial to today's discourse in law and ethics in general and in bioethics in particular.

Author : Christopher Kaczor
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-05-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1402031556

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The Edge of Life by Christopher Kaczor Pdf

The Edge of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics resituates bioethics in fundamental outlook by challenging both the dominant Kantian and utilitarian approaches to evaluating how new technologies apply to human life. Drawing on an analysis of the dignity of the human person, both as an agent and as the recipient of action, The Edge of Life presents a "theoretical" approach to the problems of contemporary bioethics and applies this approach to various disputed questions. Should conjoined twins be split, if the division will end the life of the weaker twin? Was Bush's stem cell research decision morally acceptable? Are the 'quality of life' and 'sanctity of life' ethics irreconcilably incompatible? Accessible to both scholars and students, The Edge of Life focuses particularly on the controversial issues surrounding the beginning and ending of human life, tackling some of the toughest practical questions of bioethics including new reproductive technologies (artificial wombs), stem cell research, abortion and physician assisted suicide, as well as many of its vexing theoretical disputes.

Author : Robert P. Kraynak,Glenn E. Tinder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015056433140

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In Defense of Human Dignity by Robert P. Kraynak,Glenn E. Tinder Pdf

Robert Kraynak And Glenn Tinder Contend that the major challenge of our time is to recover a true and authentic understanding of human dignity and to defend it against threats from modern civilization. In Defense of Human Dignity wrestles with the dilemma that contemporary society has developed a heightened sensitivity to the demands of human dignity while creating radically new dangers to humanity in the form of the totalitarian state, modern technology, genetic engineering, the practical ethics movement, and radical environmentalism. The inspiration for this volume is the publication twenty years ago of the Covey Lectures by Glenn Tinder under the title Against Fate, in which Tinder argued that the sanctity of every individual is the central moral intuition of the Western tradition.

Author : Pope John Paul II
Publisher : Random House Incorporated
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 067975864X

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The Gospel of Life by Pope John Paul II Pdf

Author : Caitlin Morneau
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814664162

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Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity by Caitlin Morneau Pdf

Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity is a faith formation resource to help parishes, small groups, and individual believers reflect on the Catholic call to restorative justice. Through Scripture, Catholic teaching, eye-opening statistics, and personal stories, each chapter prompts prayerful consideration of the place of human dignity and the common good as we respond to harm, violence, and the death penalty in the United States. Prepared in cooperation with the highly regarded Catholic Mobilizing Network for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity will help Catholics consider what it means to choose hope over death and redemption over vengeance. It's a choice that can foster healing, transform relationships, and build the culture of life to which our Catholic faith calls us.

Author : Göran Collste
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060574806

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Is Human Life Special? by Göran Collste Pdf

The principle of human dignity has greatly influenced the Western moral tradition. It has however, during the last few decades been questioned by a number of moral philosophers, many of them involved in applied ethics. The aim of this study is to examine different religious and philosophical views on whether human life is special, and, if it is, in what respects. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section includes an examination of some important religious contributions from the past and the present. In the next section, the views of modern philosophers exercising the principle and of those defending it are examined. Finally, the meaning and relevance of the principle, when applied to certain moral problems in the postmodern world, are discussed. With reference to the discussion on priorities in health care it is argued that although the principle has a religious origin it may function as a universal moral principle in a modern plluralistic and secularised society--from back cover.

Author : Wesley J. Smith
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781594038563

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Culture of Death by Wesley J. Smith Pdf

When his teenage son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 105-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell asked the attending physician for help. The doctor refused. Why bother? The boy’s life was effectively over. Campbell refused to accept this verdict. He demanded treatment and threatened legal action. The doctor finally relented. With treatment, Christopher’s temperature—which had eventually reached 107.6 degrees—subsided almost immediately. Soon afterward the boy regained consciousness and was learning to walk again. This story is one of many Wesley J. Smith recounts in his award-winning classic critique of the modern bioethics movement, Culture of Death. In this newly updated edition, Smith chronicles how the threats to the equality of human life have accelerated in recent years, from the proliferation of euthanasia and the Brittany Maynard assisted suicide firestorm, to the potential for “death panels” posed by Obamacare and the explosive Terri Schiavo controversy. Culture of Death reveals how more and more doctors have withdrawn from the Hippocratic Oath and how “bioethicists” influence policy by posing questions such as whether organs may be harvested from the terminally ill and disabled. This is a passionate yet coolly reasoned book about the current crisis in medical ethics by an author who has made “the new thanatology” his consuming interest.

Author : Helga Kuhse
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015012591825

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The Sanctity-of-life Doctrine in Medicine by Helga Kuhse Pdf

Examining and refuting the "sanctity-of-life" view in medical decision making, Kuhse argues for a quality-of-life ethic based on the belief that there is a profound difference between merely being alive and life being in the patient's interest.

Author : Paulina Taboada
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401791069

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Sedation at the End-of-life: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Paulina Taboada Pdf

The book’s main contribution is its interdisciplinary approach to the issue of sedation at the end-of-life. Because it occurs at the end of life, palliative sedation raises a number of important ethical and legal questions, including whether it is a covert form of euthanasia and for what purposes it may legally be used. Many of the book chapters address the first question and almost all deal with a specific form of the second: whether palliative sedation should be used for those experiencing “existential suffering”? This raises the question of what existential suffering is, a topic that is also discussed in the book. The different chapters address these issues from the perspectives of the relevant disciplines: Palliative Medicine, Bioethics, Law and Theology. Hence, helpful accounts of the clinical and historical background for this issue are provided and the importance of drawing accurate ethical and legal distinctions is stressed throughout the whole book. So the volume represents a valuable contribution to the emerging literature on this topic and should be helpful across a broad spectrum of readers: philosophers, theologians and physicians.