Vital conflicts in medical ethics [[electronic resource] ] : a virtue approach to craniotomy and tubal pregnancies / / Martin Rhonheimer ; edited by William F. Murphy Jr

• Autore: Rhonheimer Martin <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 241/.6976
• Soggetto topico: Abortion - Religious aspects - Catholic Church; Obstetrics - Surgery - Religious aspects - Catholic Church; Medical ethics - Religious aspects - Catholic Church
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MurphyWilliam F RhonheimerMartin <1950->
• Note generali: "The text was first published in German under the title "Güterabwägung, Tötungsverbot und Abtreibung in vitalen Konfliktfällen. Lösungsversuch eines klassischen gynäkologischen dilemmas aus tugendethischer perspektive" ... [and] included in M. Rhonheimer, Abtreibung und Lebensschutz. Tötungsverbot und Recht auf Leben in der politischen und medizinischen Ethik (Paderborn: Schöningh, 2003)"--P. xiii.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The problem. Two methodologies for the moral evaluation of action : the principle of double effect (PDE) and the weighing of goods -- Overview of this study and brief summary of the argument -- "Vital indication" and a recent example : the moral justification of the act of saving a life -- The structure of the argumentation : weighing goods in the case of vital indication -- Church doctrine and past discussions in moral theology. "Direct abortion" according to church doctrine : specification of the concept from the viewpoint of action theory -- The physical and intentional structure of actions : the object of the moral act -- The controversy regarding craniotomy through the end of the nineteenth century : the interpretation of Summa theologiae II-II, q.64, a.7: a. The argument of Pietro Avanzini and the category of the "unjust aggressor" ; b. Summa theologiae II-II, q.64, a.7 : killing in self-defense according to Thomas Aquinas ; c. Critique and the development of the discussion ; d. Waffelaert's incorrect interpretation of ST II-II, q.64, a.7 ; e. The consequences of the confusion -- Life-saving medical interventions : the prohibition of killing and the virtue of justice. Retrospective summary : acts of killing and the ethical context of "justice" -- Reevaluation of contemporary therapies : vital indication and extrauterine gravidity: a. Salpingectomy or segment resection ; b. Linear salpingotomy (or salpingostomy) ; c. Drug treatment with methotrexate ; d. Expectant management -- The moral justification of life-saving measures in the case of vital conflict: a. Recapitulation and conclusive explanation of the ethical argument ; b. The exclusion of the weighing of goods ; c. Objections and response -- Epilogue: Virtue ethics, "direct" and "indirect," and prohibition of killing.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vital conflicts in medical ethics
• ISBN: 0-8132-1777-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462989603321
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