Vital conflicts in medical ethics
Rhonheimer, Martin, 1950-
Vital conflicts in medical ethics a virtue approach to craniotomy and tubal pregnancies / [electronic resource] : Martin Rhonheimer ; edited by William F. Murphy Jr. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009. - xviii, 162 p.
"The text was first published in German under the title "G�uterabw�agung, T�otungsverbot und Abtreibung in vitalen Konfliktf�allen. L�osungsversuch eines klassischen gyn�akologischen dilemmas aus tugendethischer perspektive" ... [and] included in M. Rhonheimer, Abtreibung und Lebensschutz. T�otungsverbot und Recht auf Leben in der politischen und medizinischen Ethik (Paderborn: Sch�oningh, 2003)"--P. xiii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Abortion--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Obstetrics--Surgery--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Electronic books.
HQ767.3 / .R48613 2009eb
241/.6976
Vital conflicts in medical ethics a virtue approach to craniotomy and tubal pregnancies / [electronic resource] : Martin Rhonheimer ; edited by William F. Murphy Jr. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009. - xviii, 162 p.
"The text was first published in German under the title "G�uterabw�agung, T�otungsverbot und Abtreibung in vitalen Konfliktf�allen. L�osungsversuch eines klassischen gyn�akologischen dilemmas aus tugendethischer perspektive" ... [and] included in M. Rhonheimer, Abtreibung und Lebensschutz. T�otungsverbot und Recht auf Leben in der politischen und medizinischen Ethik (Paderborn: Sch�oningh, 2003)"--P. xiii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Abortion--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Obstetrics--Surgery--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Electronic books.
HQ767.3 / .R48613 2009eb
241/.6976