Christianity and Bioethics: Confronting Clinical Issues - Softcover

Foreman, Mark W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1610973704 ISBN 13: 9781610973700

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2011

Synopsis

Medical technology and new treatments are being discovered and promoted at a much faster rate than our ability to reflect on their ethical, social, legal, and religious implications. As a result, people are often unprepared to answer the difficult questions that confront them today: - Is abortion ever justifiable? - If a loved one is suffering, can we take action that might relieve their suffering but will hasten their death? - Should doctors be allowed to help patients who wish to end their lives? - If a child is severely impaired, can we allow her to die rather than face a life of suffering? - Should we use genetic therapy to enhance the human race? - Should we seriously consider cloning human beings? The way we answer these questions is indicative of who we are and what kind of world we want for ourselves and our children.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark W. Foreman (Ph.D., religious studies, University of Virginia) is professor of philosophy and religion at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is also the author of Christianity and Bioethics: Confronting Clinical Issues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1610973704
• ISBN 13: 9781610973700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300