Stephen Griffith
Stephen Griffith
It is an undeniable empirical fact that a human fetus is a member of the species homo sapiens from the moment of conception. There is thus an important sense in which it is a human being in itself, and not simply part of a pregnant woman's ...
Francis J Beckwith
Francis J Beckwith
The purpose of this essay is to offer support for the substance view of persons, the philosophical anthropology defended by Patrick Lee in his essay. In order to accomplish this the author (1) presents a brief definition of the substance vi...
A Christian philosopher's view of recent directions in the abortion debate [0.03%]
一名基督教哲学家关于最近堕胎争论的立场
Patrick Lee
Patrick Lee
From the standpoint of a Christian philosopher, heeding the teaching and exhortations of Pope John Paul II and previous popes, I examine three directions in which the recent philosophical debate has developed. In the last seven or eight yea...
John F Peppin
John F Peppin
Paul T Schotsmans
Paul T Schotsmans
Moral philosophy and theology: why is there so little difference for Roman Catholics? [0.03%]
道德哲学与神学——为什么罗马天主教几乎没有差别？
H Tristram Engelhardt Jr
H Tristram Engelhardt Jr
The cardinal question in Christian moral theory and bioethics is whether the knowledge that Christians have (1) by grace and (2) by revelation (e.g., regarding the character of human and cosmic history as reaching from creation through the ...
Do humans own themselves ? Questions concerning their self-determination and free disposition of self [0.03%]
人可以拥有自己吗？论自我决定与自由处分之我自身的可能性问题
Eric Muhrel
Eric Muhrel
The debate about voluntary euthanasia arises (essentially) from a fundamental anthropological question: do humans own themselves? An answer to this question is developed which starts out from the foundational ethic of Emmanuel Levinas. The ...
Living out the tradition [0.03%]
传承与发展共存的生活方式
Kevin Wm Wildes
Kevin Wm Wildes
Relational responsibility, and not only stewardship, a Roman Catholic view on voluntary euthanasia for dying and non-dying patients [0.03%]
有关自愿安乐死的天主教观点：责任，而不仅是管理维护——针对濒死和非濒死患者
Paul T Schotsmans
Paul T Schotsmans
The Roman Catholic theological approach to euthanasia is radically prohibitive. The main theological argument for this prohibition is the so-called "stewardship argument": Christians cannot escape accounting to God for stewardship of the bo...