Procreative ethics : philosophical and Christian approaches to questions at the beginning of life / Fritz Oehlschlaeger

Author:: Oehlschlaeger, Fritz
Published:: Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, [2010]
Copyright Date:: ©2010
Physical Description:: 373 pages ; 23 cm

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Contents:

Introduction -- Can the use of artificial contraception within marriage be consistent with the natural law? -- Abortion, the sacred, and sacrifice: or, what's at stake when life has dominion -- In defense of the "conception criterion" -- Abortion as letting die, bad Samaritanism, or just war: why we should reject the analogies -- Why David Boonin's defense of Thomson fails to persuade the abortion critic -- The ethics of genetic enhancement: a test of pragmatism as democratic tradition -- Why designing the subjects of justice is likely to be unjust -- Giving our children bread: why the harm conundrum is not such a conundrum -- Why genetic therapy may need something "very much like the church" -- On Peter Singer's silencing in Germany: or, what's wrong with asking "What's wrong with killing?" -- Repugnance, Frankenstein, and generational injustice: a consideration of reproductive cloning.

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ISBN:

9781606082300 (pbk.)
1606082302 (pbk.)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-364) and index.

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