Rhonheimer, Martin, 1950-

Ethics of procreation and the defense of human life : contraception, artificial fertilization, and abortion / Ethics of procreation & the defense of human life Martin Rhonheimer ; edited by William F. Murphy, Jr. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Natural law and the thomistic roots of John Paul II's ethics of human life -- Sexuality and responsibility: contraception as an ethical problem -- The post-conciliar state of the question on contraception: the encyclical, relevant case, arguments, and description of contraception -- Toward an adequate argument in support of humanae vitae: the necessary integration of anthropology, action theory, virtue, and natural law -- The use of contraceptives under threat of rape: an exception? clarifying a central teaching of veritatis splendor -- Injustices regarding human life: reproductive technology and abortion -- The instrumentalization of human life: ethical considerations concerning reproductive technology -- Human fetuses, persons, and the right to abortion: toward an absolute power of the born? -- The legal defense of prenatal life in constitutional democracies.



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Human reproductive technology--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Abortion--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Contraception--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Religion and Medicine
Abortion, Induced--ethics
Contraception--ethics
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted--ethics


Electronic Books.

RG133 / .E845 2010