In this revised edition, Kenneth R. Overberg provides a readable and up-to-date process for coming to decisions about crucial contemporary personal and social questions. He reflects on major world events, such as the end of the Cold War and the massive change in health care in the United States, including managed care, euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide .
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KENNETH R. OVERBERG, S.J., is a professor of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received a Ph.D. in Christian ethics from the University of Southern California. His books include Mercy or Murder: Euthanasia, Morality & Public Policy (Sheed & Ward), AIDS, Ethics & Religion: Embracing a World of Suffering (Orbis Books) and Into the Abyss of Suffering: A Catholic View (St. Anthony Messenger Press). He is a frequent contributor to Catholic Update.
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...assists the reader to come to grips personally with important questions in Catholic ethics today through the development of an intelligent, nuanced standpoint. --Lisa Sowle Cahill, professor of theology, Boston College
...a user-friendly volume to decision-making and moral issues. This book will serve inquiring Catholics by providing clear interpretations of critical concepts of moral discernment as well as an overview of the major issues shaping the debates on issues in sexual, medical and social ethics. --Richard M. Gula, S.S., professor, moral theology, Franciscan School of Theology in the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
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