Titre : | Life and Death : Moral Implications of Biotechnology |
Auteurs : | Viggo Mortensen, Éditeur scientifique |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Editeur : | Genève [Suisse] : World Council of Churches (WCC), 1995 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-2-8254-1170-4 |
Format : | x + 109 p. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Résumé : | Breathtaking developments in human genetics are turning yesterday's science fiction into today's possibilities, raising new and difficult questions for Christian ethics. Drawing on discussions among pastors, theologians and ethicists arid researchers, medical doctors and scientists from the Nordic Lutheran churches, this book begins by introducing the issues of reproductive technology, prenatal diagnosis, genetic screening and euthanasia. It then outlines an ethical approach highlighting insights from the Lutheran tradition on creation and fall, justification, love for the neighbour, the Christian in the world, culture and the limits of ethics. The ethical reflections are then given concrete and down-to-earth form in eight fictitious letters written by thoughtful Christians on such subjects as childlessness; ageing, death and dying; the use of scarce medical resources; genetic testing in the workplace; and human gene research. |
Note de contenu : |
- Preface - Part One: Bioethics and the Lutheran Communion: 1. What Is Bioethics? (Svein Aage Christoffersen) 2. The Lutheran Approach to Bioethics (Lars 0stnor, Jaana Hallamaa, Svend Andersen, Björn Björnsson, Gert Nilsson and Lars Thunberg) - Part Two: Community and Bioethics: Eight Letters: 3. Genetic Counselling and Prenatal Diagnosis: An Exchange between a Medical Doctor and a Theologian (Kees van Kooten Niekerk and Per Sundström) 4. In Vitro Fertilization: A Letter to a Childless Couple (Björn Björnsson and Lena Kjems) 5. Fertilized Eggs and Pre-Implantation Diagnosis: A Letter to a Medical Researcher (Lars 0stnor and Anne-Marie Thunberg) 6.Euthanasia: A Letter to a Nurse on Death and Dying (Svend Andersen and Jaana Hallamaa) 7. Justice, Dignity, Autonomy: A Letter to an Old Friend on the Quality of Life (Jukka-Mikko Karjalainen) 8. Legislation on Human and Animal Research: A Letter to a Parliamentarian (Gert Nilsson and Hans-Olof Kvist) 9. Ethics and Counselling: A Letter to a Fellow Pastor (Svein Aage Christoffersen and Viggo Mortensen) 10. Mandatory Genetic Testing: A Letter to the Manager of a Pharmaceutical Company (Sakari Karjalainen and Ulla Schmidt) - Contributors |
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