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Bioethics, law, and human life issues : a Catholic perspective on marriage, family, contraception, abortion, reproductive technology, and death and dying / D. Brian Scarnecchia.

By: Series: Catholic social thought ; 2.Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010.Description: [xi], [471] p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780810874220 (hardbound)
  • 0810874229 (hardbound)
  • 9780810874237 (e-book)
  • 0810874237 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2 22
LOC classification:
  • R725.56 .S26 2010
NLM classification:
  • 2010 H-204
  • WB 60
Contents:
Introduction -- Rational anthropology and the difference between persons and animals -- Human freedom and conscience -- The three moral determinants and doubts of conscience -- The principle of double effect and consequentialism -- Cooperation and scandal -- Virtues--natural and supernatural -- Sin and grace -- Revelation -- Reproductive technologies -- Homosexuality and same-sex marriage -- Contraception -- Abortion -- Marriage and family -- End of life issues -- Appendix A : Summary of Evangelium Vitae -- Appendix B : Summary of Savifici Doloris.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-461) and index.

Introduction -- Rational anthropology and the difference between persons and animals -- Human freedom and conscience -- The three moral determinants and doubts of conscience -- The principle of double effect and consequentialism -- Cooperation and scandal -- Virtues--natural and supernatural -- Sin and grace -- Revelation -- Reproductive technologies -- Homosexuality and same-sex marriage -- Contraception -- Abortion -- Marriage and family -- End of life issues -- Appendix A : Summary of Evangelium Vitae -- Appendix B : Summary of Savifici Doloris.

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