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[Book Review Of] Death By Choice, By Daniel Maguire: Further Comments, William E. May

The Linacre Quarterly

In the May issue of Linacre Quarterly, William May and Daniel Maguire debated some of the ethical implications arising from Maguire's book "Death by Choice." This paper answers Maguire's rejoinder and offers another look at the ramifications of "intentions."

The Nature Of The Contract Argument, David B. Lyons

Faculty Scholarship

As truth is the first virtue of belief, so justice is of social institutions. That is John Rawls's view, and it seems true, at any rate, of the law. Official acts, laws, and legal arrangements generally are characterized as just or unjust, while other moral categories are much less frequently invoked. Justice seems inseparable from good law. It is therefore striking and important that justice has recently been regarded by prominent legal theorists as rationally disreputable--as, in Kelsen's words, "an irrational idea." Many divergent conceptions of social justice have been propounded, and it is held that there is no rational …

Choice And Universality In Sartre's Ethics, Gary Shapiro

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Does Sartre have a coherent ethical position? At the end of Being and Nothingness he raises questions about the ethical implications of his ontology but refers them to a promised future work. For the student of existentialism it is an interesting question whether any of Sartre's later works offer this anticipated and definitive statement. Yet in the controversy over whether Saint-Genet or the Critique of Dialectical Reason fills the gap in Sartre's thought, the one concise presentation of his ethics in Existentialism Is a Humanism has been generally neglected. This neglect has not been groundless, for the essay, originally delivered …

The Dentist And The Missions, Hugh V. Day, Thomas M. Check, Mary Damian Reinbolt, Marie Therese

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of The Department Of Pastoral Car: A Guidebook, Ray W. Wawiorka

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The Doctrine Of Experience In The Philosophy Of Jonathan Edwards, Puritan Divine, Joseph S. Trachtenberg

Dissertations and Theses

A number of basic themes suggest themselves as focal points for a study of the thought of Jonathan Edwards. The dissertation is an attempt to argue that experience is one of them, and that an attentive eye to the doctrine of experience will reveal it as the unifying theme of his philosophy. Specifically, at the center of Edwards' aesthetic and religious vision there lies a rich and profound sense of experience, and of the relation of all things to some form of perception.

The evidence is to be found in Edwards' extensive published and unpublished writings. Among the several editions …

On Formal Justice, David B. Lyons

Faculty Scholarship

A number of legal and political theorists have suggested that public officials who fail to act within the law that they administer act unjustly. This does not mean that injustice is always likely to be done merely because it often happens to be done when officials depart from the law. Some writers have held that injustice is done whenever an official fails to act within the law, regardless of the circumstances. I shall call this type of view "formal justice."

Humanae Vitae And After, George H. Duggan

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Loving And Curing The Neurotic, By Dr. Anna Terruwe And Dr. Conrad Baars, Raphael Simon, Alwyn Kenneth Simon

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Comprehensive Health Insurance: The Reality, Daniel O'Keeffe

The Linacre Quarterly

In his article, Dr. O'Keeffe outlines the major proposals (both generic and specIfic) in the area of national health insurance. He then describes in depth the proposed Warren County Plan and the Foundation Concept in relation to three fundamental concepts: availability, utilization and financing of medical care.

The Social And The Causal Concepts Of Responsibility, Nelson T. Potter Jr.

Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications

The causal and the social concepts of responsibility share the notions of (a) a causal agent, and (b) some effect for which the agent is a cause. But William L. Blizek argues that the social concept has an additional element not shared by the causal concept: that of an adjudicator, someone who imputes responsibility. Thus he writes, “social responsibility is not a relationship between cause and effect, but a relationship between an agent and some consequence, as prescribed by an adjudicator.” He points out that our judgments of the different kind of social responsibility may change, as the society changes; …

Ethical And Religious Directives For Catholic Health Facilities, Catholic Physicians' Guild

The Linacre Quarterly

At the annual meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, United States Catholic Conference, November 1971, the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Facilities were approved as the national code, subject to the approval of the bishop for use in the diocese.

Quicksands Of Compromise, John J. Brennan

The Linacre Quarterly

In his address to the November, 1971 Meeting of the National Federation of Catholic Physicians' Guilds in New Orleans Dr. Brennan defended the acceptance of the revised code of medical ethics. His address is reprinted here.

Not What Catholic Hospitals Ordered, Richard A. Mccormick

The Linacre Quarterly

Father McCormick sees the revised hospital code as "not what the doctor ordered" and in this article lays his case primarily against the code's Preamble.

Policy Vs. Ethics, Warren T. Reich

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow: A Century Of Dedication, Con J. Fecher

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. Fecher presents findings, covering 70 years, of health studies of members of United States religious communities with a view to providing suggestions for possible solutions to the problem of providing adequate continuing health care for American women religious.

The Tragic Results Of Abortion In England, Norman St. John-Stevas

The Linacre Quarterly

Norman St. John-Stevas has been a member of Parliament since 1964. He was educated at Radcliffe College. Cambridge, Oxford and Yale Universities. He is the author of a number of books. Among them are: Life, Death and the Law: Obscenity and the Law; The Right to Life; The Agonizing Choice. Mr. St. John-Stevas is a widely traveled lecturer both here and in Europe. He led the unsuccessful fight against liberalizing England's abortion law.

From his viewpoint as a Member of Parliament, Mr. St. John-Stevas analyzes the effects of England's abortion law and draws on his experience …

The Role Of The Church In The Causation, Treatment And Prevention Of The Crisis In The Priesthood, Conrad W. Baars

The Linacre Quarterly

Concluding with ten practical recommendations, Dr. Baars' article offers to those interested in, and with responsibility for, formation of priests both a basis for a future program and extensive background into the nature of the "crisis in the priesthood."

Community Clinical Pastoral Training -- A Success For Ecumenism In Shreveport, Joe E. Holoubek, Charles L. Black

The Linacre Quarterly

A review of the seven years' activity of the Shreveport Medical Society's committee of Medicine & Religion which lead to the formation of the Clinical Pastoral Training Program, is presented by the co-chairmen of the committee.

An Hegelian Interpretation Of The Vietnam War, Diane Heggarty

All Master's Theses

This essay attempts to use the philosophy of politics and history of George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel to interpret a contemporary situation--the Vietnam War. The gradual involvement of America in Vietnam is illustrated by the use of Hegel's dialectic or logic. Internal problems and strife are put in perspective by Hegel's political philosophy. Problems arise because general theories must always ignore particulars in a concrete situation such as Vietnam. But Hegel's view of the world is generally applicable to the twentieth century.

Guest Editorial ... Ethical Issues In Community And Research Medicine, Arthur J. Dyck

The Linacre Quarterly

The following guest editorial by Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics, Arthur J. Dyck, is reprinted from the New England Journal of Medicine. In it reference is made to an article, "Ethics of a Cottage Industry in an Age of Community and Research Medicine, " by Paul Ramsey, professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton. Professor Ramsey's article appeared in the same issue, April 1, 1971, of the New England Journal of Medicine, pages 700-706.

Reprinted with permission from the New England Journal of Medicine.

The Effects Of Legalized Abortion In England, J. Vincent O'Sullivan

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. O'Sullivan traces the process leading to the passage of the 1968 British Abortion Act and the consequences of that act with a view to helping the American medical profession learn from the British experience.

This article discusses the effect that legalized abortion has had upon the people, and particularly the physicians, in England. Although New York State, among others, has now legalized abortion, it has not had sufficient experience with it to adequately assess its effects. But the English have had sufficient experience with it, and its effects there indicate that attempts to legalize abortion demand close watching.

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A Religious Pacifist Looks At Abortion, Gordon C. Zahn

The Linacre Quarterly

From the standpoint of the religious pacifist, Professor Zahn sees "elementary human rights" beginning at the "moment of conception marking the beginning of the individual's life process, " and argues against abortion from this point.

Life Control And Death Control, Definitions And The Dignity Of Man, Charles Carroll

The Linacre Quarterly

Rev. Carroll investigates the lack of acceptable, precise definitions of life, death, man in the discussions of life control and death control. The Christian must insist, he concludes, that such definitions and resultant standards of conduct safeguard the dignity and destiny of man.

The Psychiatrist -- Friend Or Foe Of The Pregnant Woman?, Conrad W. Baars

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. Baar considers the psychological principle "that unselfish love and affirmation beget the same" in relation to counseling the patient distressed about her pregnancy.

The American Catholic: Contraception And Abortion, James A. Fitzgerald

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. FitzGerald looks at the position in which social and environmental pressures, widespread contraception and the new therapeutic range of the prostaglandins have placed the American Catholic.

Activism And Community Medicine, Edward F. X. Hughes

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. Hughes traces the growth of student activism and its implications for medicine, especially in relation to the development of the specialty of community medicine.

[Book Review Of] Parent, Child And Sex, By Mary M. Welsh, Robert C. Baumiller

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of The Patient As Person: Explorations In Medical Ethics, By Paul Ramsey, Robert C. Baumiller

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Linacre Quarterly 1971, Sex And The Single Girl: Ages 13 To 16, D. A. Starr

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.