Research Catalog

Title

Covenants of life : contemporary medical ethics in light of the thought of Paul Ramsey / edited by Kenneth L. Vaux, Sara Vaux, and Mark Stenberg.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Vaux, Kenneth L., 1939-
• Vaux, Sara Anson
• Stenberg, Mark

Description

ix, 257 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Philosophy and medicine ; v. 77

Uniform Title

Philosophy and medicine ; v. 77.

Subject

• Ramsey, Paul
• Medical ethics
• Medical ethics > Religious aspects
• Religion and ethics
• Ethical Theory
• Ethics, Medical
• Religion and Medicine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Ch. 1. Covenant-centered ethics: the theological context of Paul Ramsey's medical ethics -- Ch. 2. Paul Ramsey's ethic of covenant fidelity -- Ch. 3. Discerning stewardship: contemporary philosophy and the legacy of Paul Ramsey's medical ethics -- Ch. 4. Keeping body and soul together -- Ch. 5. The right of life and human dignity -- Ch. 6. Applied ethics and communities of value: the distinctiveness of medical ethics -- Ch. 7. Response I -- Ch. 8. In partnership with God: health, healing, and Jewish tradition -- Ch. 9. Technology and tragedy: an evangelical theology of care -- Ch. 10. Response II -- Ch. 10. The devil's being God's best inspiration: the boundary between research and care -- Ch. 11. Telling and keeping still; reviving and letting go: the ethics of "do not resuscitate" procedures -- Ch. 12. Ramsey as Trellis: Paul Ramsey and the evolution of pediatric medical ethics -- Ch. 13. Response III -- App. 1. Should physicians hasten the death angel when she paused in her flight? Peter T. Bohan lecture in the philosophy of medicine -- App. 2. An interview with Paul Ramsey.

ISBN

1402010532 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2002040714

OCLC

• ocm51042690
• SCSB-4818680

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries