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Vital conflicts in medical ethics : a virtue approach to craniotomy and tubal pregnancies / Martin Rhonheimer ; edited by William F. Murphy Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rhonheimer, Martin, 1950-
- Standardized Title:
- Güterabwägung, Tötungsverbot und Abtreibung in vitalen Konfliktfällen. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abortion--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Abortion.
- Obstetrics--Surgery--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Obstetrics.
- Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Medical ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Vital Conflicts in Medical Ethics by renowned Swiss philosopher Martin Rhonheimer considers some of the most difficult and disputed questions in Catholic moral theology.
- Contents:
- The problem. Two methodologies for the moral evaluation of action : the principle of double effect (PDE) and the weighing of goods
- Overview of this study and brief summary of the argument
- "Vital indication" and a recent example : the moral justification of the act of saving a life
- The structure of the argumentation : weighing goods in the case of vital indication
- Church doctrine and past discussions in moral theology. "Direct abortion" according to church doctrine : specification of the concept from the viewpoint of action theory
- The physical and intentional structure of actions : the object of the moral act
- The controversy regarding craniotomy through the end of the nineteenth century : the interpretation of Summa theologiae II-II, q.64, a.7: a. The argument of Pietro Avanzini and the category of the "unjust aggressor" ; b. Summa theologiae II-II, q.64, a.7 : killing in self-defense according to Thomas Aquinas ; c. Critique and the development of the discussion ; d. Waffelaert's incorrect interpretation of ST II-II, q.64, a.7 ; e. The consequences of the confusion
- Life-saving medical interventions : the prohibition of killing and the virtue of justice. Retrospective summary : acts of killing and the ethical context of "justice"
- Reevaluation of contemporary therapies : vital indication and extrauterine gravidity: a. Salpingectomy or segment resection ; b. Linear salpingotomy (or salpingostomy) ; c. Drug treatment with methotrexate ; d. Expectant management
- The moral justification of life-saving measures in the case of vital conflict: a. Recapitulation and conclusive explanation of the ethical argument ; b. The exclusion of the weighing of goods ; c. Objections and response
- Epilogue: Virtue ethics, "direct" and "indirect," and prohibition of killing.
- Notes:
- "The text was first published in German under the title "Güterabwägung, Tötungsverbot und Abtreibung in vitalen Konfliktfällen. Lösungsversuch eines klassischen gynäkologischen dilemmas aus tugendethischer perspektive" ... [and] included in M. Rhonheimer, Abtreibung und Lebensschutz. Tötungsverbot und Recht auf Leben in der politischen und medizinischen Ethik (Paderborn: Schöningh, 2003)"--P. xiii.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780813217772
- 0813217776
- OCLC:
- 820894294
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