Overview
- Covers the complete scientific and theological works of the Danish anatomist Niels Stensen (1638-1686)
- Both an intellectual biography, and a reconstruction of Stensen’s thought on a number of bioethical topics
- Focuses on ethical questions – some of them still relevant today – raised by research into human reproduction and embryology in the 17th and 18th centuries
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 117)
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This book offers a unique and comprehensive outline of the ethos, the bioethics and the sexual ethics of the renowned anatomist and founder of modern geology, Niels Stensen (1638-1686). It tells the story of a student who is forced to defend himself against his professor who tries to plagiarize his first discovery, the “Ductus Stenonis”: the first performance test for the young researcher. The focal points are questions of bioethics, especially with regard to human reproduction, sexual ethics, the beginning of life and the ensoulment of the embryo, together with frontiers of pastoral care. The book delineates Stensen’s ethos as well as its medico-ethical and theological implications and reception by researchers and physicians from the 17th century until today, and asks about his lasting significance. Despite dating back more than 300 years, Stensen’s character and his work offer up surprisingly topical answers to current questions on the nature of professional ethics in medical science and practice. Furthermore, “Ethos, Bioethics, and Sexual Ethics in Work and Reception of the Anatomist Niels Stensen (1638-1686): Circulation of Love” is the first academic book on bioethics and sexual ethics with a foreword by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. A fascinating book for bioethicists, physicians, members of health professions, scientists, and theologians.
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Keywords
- medical ethics
- history of medicine
- sexual ethics
- theological ethics
- Niels Stensen
- the function of anatomy
- vicarious atonement
- science and humility
- medicine and theology
- research ethos
- metaphysics of anatomy
- ethos and bioethics
- the human brain
- history of medical ethics
- contemporary medical craft
- research and ethics
- time of enlightenment
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“This is an excellent collection on Steno, and all of the papers have something new to reveal about Steno and his historical context, always refining, and in some cases revising, previous assessments of his life and work. … The result is a valuable addition to our understanding of Steno and his work.” (Frank Sobiech, Isis, Vol. 111 (2), 2020)
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Book Title: Ethos, Bioethics, and Sexual Ethics in Work and Reception of the Anatomist Niels Stensen (1638-1686)
Book Subtitle: Circulation of Love
Authors: Frank Sobiech
Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32912-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32911-6Published: 06 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81396-7Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32912-3Published: 25 June 2016
Series ISSN: 0376-7418
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 257
Topics: Bioethics, History of Medicine, Christian Theology, History of Science