Overview
- Details recent advances in Catholic bioethics
- Contains clearly written and well-argued approaches to some of the most controversial topics of the day: abortion, stem cell research, euthanasia, the right to health care
- Presents essays that engage with the work of Joseph M. Boyle, one of the most important Catholic bioethicists of the past forty years
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 110)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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The Substantial Identity Thesis
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Moral And Legal Issues At The Beginning And Ending Of Life
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Double Effect And Bioethics
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Bioethics And The Natural Law: Challenges
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Boyle Responds
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bioethics with Liberty and Justice
Book Subtitle: Themes in the Work of Joseph M. Boyle
Editors: Christopher Tollefsen
Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9791-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9790-3Published: 11 November 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3411-1Published: 02 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9791-0Published: 02 February 2011
Series ISSN: 0376-7418
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 261
Topics: Ethics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Quality of Life Research, Philosophy of Religion, Religious Studies, general, Philosophy of Medicine