Personalist Bioethics: Foundations and Applications - Softcover

Elio Sgreccia (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0935372636 ISBN 13: 9780935372632

Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press, 2012

Synopsis

Personalist Bioethics calls us to reflect on the intimate meaning of human existence and the social environment, going beyond any specific religious perspective and invoking human reason. It advances a metaphysics that is rationally grounded in philosophical anthropology and has a broad range of ethical applications for professors of bioethics, members of ethics committees, bioethics students, and those interested in the field in general, whether in medicine, law, or philosophy. Readers will find a presentation and discussion of the basic contours of personalist bioethics, comparisons of personalism with other philosophical positions, and ethical investigations of particular topics, ranging from genetic engineering to euthanasia. Translated by John A. Di Camillo and Michael J. Miller.

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About the Author

Elio Sgreccia, a former tenured professor of bioethics at the A. Gemelli School of Medicine and Surgery of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, is the former president of the Pontifical Academy for Life and current honorary president of the International Federation of Bioethics Centers and Institutes of Personalist Inspiration. He was a member of Italy&;s National Bioethics Committee and is currently the director of the journal Medicina e Morale.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0935372636
• ISBN 13: 9780935372632
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 862