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Introduction to Jewish and Catholic Bioethics: A Comparative Analysis

Introduction to Jewish and Catholic Bioethics: A Comparative Analysis

Mackler, Aaron L.

Paperback

Series: Moral Traditions

Medical ReferenceReligion General Biology

ISBN10: 0878401466
ISBN13: 9780878401468
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: Oct 27 2003
Pages: 265
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.18
Language: English

Leavened with compassion, common sense, and a readable style, this introduction to complicated bioethical issues from both Jewish and Catholic perspectives is as informative as it is undaunting. Aaron Mackler takes the reader through methodology in Roman Catholic moral theology and compares and contrasts it with methodology as it is practiced in Jewish ethics. He then skillfully wends his way through many topics foremost on the contemporary ethical agenda for both Jewish and Catholic ethicists: euthanasia and assisted suicide, end-of-life decisions, abortion, in vitro fertilization, and the ever-growing problem of justice regarding access to health care and medical resources. A concluding chapter summarizes general tendencies in the comparison of the two traditions, and addresses the significance of convergence and divergence between these traditions for moral thinkers within each faith community, and generally in western democracies such as the United States.

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