Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
 Introduction  (Jason T. Eberl)....Pages 1-5
Front Matter ....Pages 7-7
 Introduction  (Jason T. Eberl)....Pages 9-15
 The Ontological Status of Pre-implantation Embryos  (John R. Meyer)....Pages 17-34
 The Potential of Potentiality Arguments  (David Hershenov, Rose Hershenov)....Pages 35-51
 The Moral Status of Anencephalic Homo sapiens  (Charles C. Camosy)....Pages 53-65
 Anencephaly and Human Dignity in the Clinical Context: Re-conceptualizing Viability and Proportionate Reasoning  (John Paul Slosar, Mark F. Repenshek, Elliott Louis Bedford, Emily Trancik)....Pages 67-82
Front Matter ....Pages 83-83
 Introduction  (Jason T. Eberl)....Pages 85-89
 Saving the Savable Mother: Why the Physician Is Not Culpable of (Morally) Directly Killing  (William F. Murphy Jr., Martin Rhonheimer)....Pages 91-104
 Moral Methodology in Maternal-Fetal Conflicts  (Benedict M. Guevin)....Pages 105-121
 Is It Ethically Permissible to Separate Conjoined Twins? Murder, Mutilation, and Consent  (Christopher Kaczor)....Pages 123-133
 Vital Conflicts, Bodily Respect, and Conjoined Twins: Are We Asking the Right Questions?  (Helen Watt)....Pages 135-145
 Embryo Adoption Before and After Dignitas personae: Defending an Argument of Limited Permissibility  (Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, Darlene Fozard Weaver)....Pages 147-167
 Establishing the Moral Object of Heterologous and Homologous Embryo Transfer  (Catherine Althaus)....Pages 169-187
Front Matter ....Pages 189-189
 Introduction  (Jason T. Eberl)....Pages 191-195
 Moral Certitude in the Use of Levonorgestrel for the Treatment of Sexual Assault Survivors  (Peter J. Cataldo)....Pages 197-222
 Evaluation of the Mechanism of Action of Anti-fertility Treatment in Cases of Sexual Assault: Moral Certitude and Human Acts  (Thomas J. Davis Jr.)....Pages 223-254
 Use of a Condom to Prevent HIV among Married Couples  (Christopher Tollefsen)....Pages 255-268
 The Disease-Preventative Use of Condoms: Why It Is Not Forbidden According to Catholic Doctrine  (William F. Murphy Jr.)....Pages 269-285
Front Matter ....Pages 287-287
 Introduction  (Jason T. Eberl)....Pages 289-295
 Openness, with Caution and Suspicion, About Human Enhancement  (James F. Keenan)....Pages 297-312
 Philosophical Anthropology, Ethics, and Human Enhancement  (Jason T. Eberl)....Pages 313-330
 The Moral Status of Human Embryos and Other Possible Sources of Stem Cells  (Lawrence Masek)....Pages 331-343
 The Ethical Problems of Altered Nuclear Transfer and Human-Animal Chimeras: We Can Find a Better Way  (John F. Morris)....Pages 345-365
Front Matter ....Pages 367-367
 Introduction  (Jason T. Eberl)....Pages 369-372
 Catholic Controversy Over the Rationale for the Determination of Death by Neurological Criteria  (David Albert Jones)....Pages 373-388
 Defining Death with Aristotle and Aquinas  (Kevin L. Flannery)....Pages 389-403
 On the Provision of Medical Nutrition and Hydration  (Jānis (John) T. Ozoliņš)....Pages 405-424
 A Catholic Approach to Withholding Medically Provided Food and Water  (Joseph Boyle)....Pages 425-441
Front Matter ....Pages 443-443
 Introduction  (Jason T. Eberl)....Pages 445-449
 Is Presumed Consent a Morally Permissible Policy for Organ Donation?  (James J. Delaney)....Pages 451-463
 A Catholic Moral Analysis of Legislative Defaults in Organ Donation  (Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco)....Pages 465-477
 Cardiac Death, Reversibility, and Evidence for Death  (Stephen Napier)....Pages 479-498
 A Catholic Perspective on Organ Donation After Cardiac Death  (Peter A. Clark)....Pages 499-513
Front Matter ....Pages 515-515
 Introduction  (Jason T. Eberl)....Pages 517-521
 Complicity of Catholic Healthcare Institutions with Immoral Laws  (Gerard Magill)....Pages 523-536
 Catholic Institutions within a Democratic Polity: A Potential Procrustean Bed  (Margaret Monahan Hogan)....Pages 537-552
 Bioethics and Catholic Politicians: Who Is a Person?  (Michael A. Fragoso, O. Carter Snead)....Pages 553-565
 Addressing Unjust Laws Without Complicity: Selective Bans Versus Regulation  (Helen Watt)....Pages 567-582
 Conflicts of Conscience for Catholic Healthcare Professionals  (Mark S. Latkovic)....Pages 583-603
 Conscientious Objection for Catholic Healthcare Professionals  (Thomas A. Cavanaugh)....Pages 605-616
Back Matter ....Pages 617-622