Title A defense of dignity : creating life, destroying life, and protecting the rights of conscience / Christopher Kaczor

Published Notre Dame, Indiana : Univ Of Notre Dame Press, [2013] ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 220 pages) Series Notre Dame studies in medical ethics Notre Dame studies in medical ethics. Contents Introduction -- Are all species equal in dignity? -- Equal dignity and equal access to fertility treatments -- Procreative beneficence -- Embryo adoption and artificial wombs -- The ethics of ectopic pregnancy -- The ethics of fetal surgery -- The violinist argument revisited -- Faith, reason, and physician-assisted suicide -- PVS patients and Pope John Paul II -- Organ donation after cardiac death -- Conscience protection and the incompatibility thesis -- Conscientious objection and health care Summary Questions about the dignity of the human person give rise to many of the most central and hotly disputed topics in bioethics. In this book, the author investigates whether each human being has intrinsic dignity and whether the very concept of "dignity" has a useful place in contemporary ethical debates. The author explores a broad range of issues addressed in contemporary bioethics, including whether there is a duty of "procreative beneficence," the ethics of ectopic pregnancy, and the possibility of "rescuing" human embryos with human wombs or artificial wombs. The book also treats issues relevant to the end of life, including physician-assisted suicide, provision of food and water to patients in a persistent vegetative state, and how to proceed with organ donation following death. Finally, what are the duties and prerogatives of health care professionals who refuse in conscience to take part in activities that they regard as degrading to human dignity? Should they be forced to do what they consider to be violations of the patient's well being, or does patient autonomy always trump the conscience of a health care professional? Grounded in the Catholic intellectual and moral tradition, this book argues that all human beings from the beginning to the end of their lives should be treated with respect and considers how this belief should be applied in controversial cases Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index Notes English Subject Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. Human rights. Dignity. Social control. Professional ethics. Sociology. Social psychology. Humanities. Social sciences. Medical care. Bioethics. Right to die. Pregnancy. Ethics, Clinical Patient Rights Reproduction Morals Social Control, Formal Ethics, Professional Reproductive Physiological Phenomena Sociology Psychology, Social Humanities Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Social Sciences Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Psychiatry and Psychology Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena Health Care Economics and Organizations Phenomena and Processes Delivery of Health Care Ethics, Medical Ethics Human Rights Personhood Bioethics Right to Die Pregnancy Patient Care professional ethics. sociology. social psychology. humanities. social sciences. pregnancy. PHILOSOPHY -- Political. Sociology Social sciences Social psychology Social control Right to die Professional ethics Pregnancy Medical care Humanities Bioethics Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Dignity Human rights Form Electronic book ISBN 9780268084608 0268084602

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