The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition

by Brakman, Sarah-vaughan; Fozard Weaver, Darlene

• ISBN13: 9781402062100
• ISBN10: 1402062109
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-03
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The strength of this collection of essays is its careful consideration, from a variety of perspectives within the Catholic tradition, of the practice of embryo adoption. It approaches the question in an open and reasonable way by allowing proponents of diverse positions within the tradition. This method both sheds a great deal of light on the particular question and at the same time introduces the reader to the relevant general principles that guide Catholic moral thought.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
The Morality of Embryo Adoption
Introduction: The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition	p. 3
Arguments against
Heterologous Embryo Transfer: Metaphor and Morality	p. 25
Human Embryo Transfer and the Theology of the Body	p. 43
On the Moral Objectionability of Human Embryo Adoption	p. 69
Arguments for
Could Human Embryo Transfer Be Intrinsically Immoral?	p. 85
Ethical Considerations in Defense of Embryo Adoption	p. 103
Real Mothers and Good Stewards: The Ethics of Embryo Adoption	p. 119
The Debate Engaged
Embryo Adoption Theologically Considered: Bodies, Adoption, and the Common Good	p. 141
From Rescuing Frozen Embryos to Respecting the Limits of Nature: Reframing the Embryo Adoption Debate	p. 161
Embryo Adoption? An Egalitarian Perspective	p. 175
A Protestant View: The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition	p. 199
Morality in the Practice
Development of the National Embryo Donation Center	p. 221
An Embryo Adoptive Father's Perspective	p. 231
An Embryo Adoptive Mother's Perspective	p. 237
Ethical and Religious Directives for a Catholic Embryo Adoption Agency: A Thought Experiment	p. 251
Embryo Adoption and the Law	p. 275
Artificial Wombs and Embryo Adoption	p. 307
Index	p. 323
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