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Full-Text Articles in Ethics in Religion
Development Of Catholic Moral Doctrine: Probing The Subtext, M. Kaveny
Development Of Catholic Moral Doctrine: Probing The Subtext, M. Kaveny
M. Cathleen Kaveny
No abstract provided.
Prophecy And Casuistry: Abortion, Torture And Moral Discourse (Giannella Lecture), M. Cathleen Kaveny
Prophecy And Casuistry: Abortion, Torture And Moral Discourse (Giannella Lecture), M. Cathleen Kaveny
M. Cathleen Kaveny
No abstract provided.
Complicity And Moral Memory, M. Cathleen Kaveny
Complicity And Moral Memory, M. Cathleen Kaveny
M. Cathleen Kaveny
No abstract provided.
Development Of Catholic Moral Doctrine: Probing The Subtext, M. Cathleen Kaveny
Development Of Catholic Moral Doctrine: Probing The Subtext, M. Cathleen Kaveny
M. Cathleen Kaveny
No abstract provided.
Complicity With Evil, M. Cathleen Kaveny
Conjoined Twins And Catholic Moral Analysis: Extraordinary Means And Casuistical Consistency, M. Cathleen Kaveny
Conjoined Twins And Catholic Moral Analysis: Extraordinary Means And Casuistical Consistency, M. Cathleen Kaveny
M. Cathleen Kaveny
This article draws upon the Roman Catholic distinction between “ordinary” and “extraordinary” means of medical treatment to analyze the case of “Jodie” and “Mary,” the Maltese conjoined twins whose surgical separation was ordered by the English courts over the objection of their Roman Catholic parents and Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. It attempts to shed light on the use of that distinction by surrogate decision makers with respect to incompetent patients. In addition, it critically analyzes various components of the distinction by comparing the reasoning used by Catholic moralists in this case with the reasoning used …