TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rhonheimer,Martin
AU  - Murphy,William F.
AU  - Rhonheimer,Martin
TI  - Vital conflicts in medical ethics: a virtue approach to craniotomy and tubal pregnancies 
SN  - 9780813217772
AV  - HQ767 .V583 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Catholic University of America Press
KW  - Abortion
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Obstetrics
KW  - Surgery
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Complications
KW  - Tubal pregnancy
KW  - Abortion, Therapeutic
KW  - ethics
KW  - Catholicism
KW  - Craniotomy
KW  - Pregnancy Complications
KW  - Pregnancy, Tubal
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - "The text was first published in German under the title "Güterabwägung, Tötungsverbot und Abtreibung in vitalen Konfliktfällen. Lösungsversuch eines klassischen gynäkologischen dilemmas aus tugendethischer perspektive" ... [and] included in M. Rhonheimer, Abtreibung und Lebensschutz. Tötungsverbot und Recht auf Leben in der politischen und medizinischen Ethik (Paderborn: Schöningh, 2003)"--Page xiii; 2; 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; 2; b
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