The Sanctity of Human Life and Its Protection

by Barry, Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780761822196
• ISBN10: 0761822194
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-28
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This work examines the various implications of the Roman Catholic doctrine of the sanctity of life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Preface	vi
PART ONE The Sanctity of Human Life	1	(32)
Imago Dei and the Sanctity of Human Life	3	(30)
Contemporary Moral Theological and Medical-Ethical Opinion
``Imago Dei'' and the Transcendence of Human Life
``Imago Dei'' and Immortality before Augustine
``Imago Dei'' in Augustine
Aquinas and the ``Imago Dei''
Contemporary Protestant Thought
Imago Dei, The Sanctity of Human Life and Direct Killing
Conclusion
PART TWO Protecting Human Life at its Beginning	33	(58)
Thomson and Abortion	35	(12)
Abortion and Aggression Against the Mother
Burdens and Responsible Samaritanism
Conclusion
Early Induction of Labor and Maternal Distress: Medical Abortion and Craniotomy Controversies	47	(18)
The Nineteenth Century Debates on Therapeutic
Abortion and Craniotomy
The Argument in Behalf of Therapeutic
Craniotomy and Abortion
The Arguments Against Therapeutic
Craniotomy and Abortion
Conclusion
Pharaoha's Magicians: The Ethics and Efficacy of Human Fetal Tissue Transplants	65	(26)
The Unproven Therapeutic Effectiveness of Fetal Tissue Transplantation
The AMA Statement on Fetal Tissue Transplantation
Recent Scientific Development Relative To Fetal Tissue Transplantation
The Ethics of Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation
Conclusion
PART THREE Protecting Human Life at its End	91	(115)
The Development of the Roman Catholic Teachings on Suicide	93	(58)
The Scriptural Foundation of the Catholic Teachings on Suicide
Suicides Sought, But Refused by Yahweh
Suicides Countenanced in the Old Testament
Suicide Condemned in the Bible
Suicide in the New Testament
The Historical Development of the Catholic Prohibition of Suicide
The Collapse of the Catholic Prohibition of Suicide
The Contemporary Assisted Suicide Movement and Catholic Teachings
The Catholic Prohibition of Assisted Suicide Today
Conclusion
Can One Withhold Tube Feeding From The Comatose Without Intending Death?	151	(18)
Determining Intentionality and The Principle of the Double Effect
Withdrawing Tube Feeding and Underlying Pathologies
Conclusion
Indirectly Intended Life-Shortening Analgesia: Clarifying the Principle	169	(36)
Recent Developments in Analgesic Therapy
Advanced Psychological and Surgical Approaches to Pain Relief
New Developments in Non-Opiate Analgesia
New Development in Opiate Analgesia
Questions Concerning Indirectly Lethal Analgesia
Should Tissue Catholic Church Give Christian Burial to Rational Suicide	205
Can Suicide Be a Rational Act? Rationality and Voluntariness
The Rationality of Suicide
The Voluntariness of Suicide
Subjective Freedom and Voluntariness
Suicide, Voluntariness and Consent
Rational Suicide and The History of The Christian Rite of Burial
Can Those Who Kill Themselves & Saved?
What Is The of the Rite of Christian Burial
Should The Rite of Christian Burial Be Given To Rational suicides?
Conclusion