Bioethics and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics by Gomez-Lobo, Alfonso
Bioethics and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics by Gomez-Lobo, Alfonso

Bioethics and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics

In this concise and accessible introductory text Gomez-Lobo and Keown introduce a "human goods" approach to bioethics...
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Bioethics and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics by Gomez-Lobo, Alfonso

Bioethics and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics

$552.45
Bioethics and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics by Gomez-Lobo, Alfonso

Bioethics and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics

$552.45
Author: Alfonso Gomez-Lobo
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
In this concise and accessible introductory text Gomez-Lobo and Keown introduce a "human goods" approach to bioethics as an alternative to the dominant principle-based method in the field (best illustrated by Beauchamp and Childress, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, OUP). Following Aristotle and the natural law tradition the authors demonstrate how an emphasis on human goods--such as health, life, family, friendship, work and play, the experience of beauty, knowledge, and integrity--provides a necessary context for difficult medical decisions and can help us understand critical issues at the beginning and end of life. The manuscript includes two parts: Foundations and Issues. In the Foundations section the authors explain how one can think about bioethics, offering definitions of ethics and ontology (the study of being) and prudential reasoning. In the Issues section they address genetics, abortion, infanticide, suicide and physician-assisted suicide, nutrition and hydration, and transplantation ethics. The book includes appendices featuring personal statements by Gomez-Lobo on the status of the human embryo and criteria for the determination of death.

Author: Alfonso Gomez-Lobo, John Keown
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 01/11/2016
Pages: 150
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781626161634


Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2016
Library Journal 11/15/2015

About the Author

Alfonso Gómez-Lobo (d. 2011) held the Ryan Chair in Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy at Georgetown University. He was a leading authority on classical philosophy and on bioethics. He specialized in Greek philosophy and historiography, the history of ethics, contemporary natural law theory, and bioethics. He was the recipient of several awards, including a research fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, and was a member of the President's Council on Bioethics. His many publications include Morality and the Human Goods.

John Keown holds the Rose F. Kennedy Chair in Christian Ethics in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. He previously taught the the law and ethics of medicine at Cambridge University. His research has been cited by distinguished bodies worldwide, including the US Supreme Court and the Law Lords. In 2015 Oxford University awarded him the degree of DCL, or Doctor of Civil Law, in recognition of his contribution to the field of law and bioethics.




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