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In these essays, a diverse group of ethicists draw insights from
both religious and feminist scholarship in order to propose
creative new approaches to the ethics of medical care. While
traditional ethics emphasizes rules, justice, and fairness, the
contributors to this volume embrace an "ethics of care", which
regards emotional engagement in the lives of others as basic to
discerning what we ought to do on their behalf. The essays reflect
on the three related themes: community, narrative, and emotion.
They argue for the need to understand patients and caregivers alike
as moral agents who are embedded in multiple communities, who seek
to attain or promote healing partly through the medium of
storytelling, and who do so by cultivating good emotional habits. A
thought-provoking contribution to a field that has long been
dominated by an ethics of principle, "Medicine and the Ethics of
Care" will appeal to scholars and students who want to move beyond
the constraints of that traditional approach.
Can harsh interrogation techniques and torture ever be morally
justified for a nation at war or under the threat of imminent
attack? In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist
strikes, the United States and other liberal democracies were
forced to grapple once again with the issue of balancing national
security concerns against the protection of individual civil and
political rights. This question was particularly poignant when US
forces took prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq who arguably had
information about additional attacks. In this volume, ethicist Paul
Lauritzen takes on ethical debates about counterterrorism
techniques that are increasingly central to US foreign policy and
discusses the ramifications for the future of interrogation.
Lauritzen examines how doctors, lawyers, psychologists, military
officers, and other professionals addressed the issue of the
appropriate limits in interrogating detainees. In the case of each
of these professions, a vigorous debate ensued about whether the
interrogation policy developed by the Bush administration violated
codes of ethics governing professional practice. These codes are
critical, according to Lauritzen, because they provide resources
for democracies and professionals seeking to balance concerns about
safety with civil liberties, while also shaping the character of
those within these professional guilds. This volume argues that
some of the techniques used at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere were
morally impermissible; nevertheless, the healthy debates that raged
among professionals provide hope that we may safeguard human rights
and the rule of law more effectively in the future.
The essays included in this volume of the JSCE are fairly typical
in that they reflect issues of perennial interest to members of the
Society of Christian Ethics--from concerns about poverty and
violence to questions about the virtues necessary to avoid a
politics of despair. For example, John Langan's essay--which is a
revised version of his presidential address to the SCE--focuses on
the political situation in the United States after the election of
2004. His meditation on the virtue of hope transcends this specific
context and is directly relevant to several of the other essays we
publish here. Although we could catalog the many connections across
these essays, we leave that to our readers. Suffice it to say that
thanks to the talented authors who have shared their work with us;
we are delighted to bring out another rich and provocative volume.
Formerly known as "The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics",
it will now bear the official title: "Journal of the Society of
Christian Ethics". Instead of appearing as an annual, the Journal
will appear twice a year - in the spring and in the fall. "The
Journal" will continue to be an essential resource for students and
faculty pursuing the latest developments in Christian and religious
ethics, publishing refereed scholarly articles as well as a
professional resources section on teaching and scholarship in
ethics - a preeminent source for further research.
"Contents: " Maria Antonaccio, "Asceticism, Ethics, and
Contemporary Culture"; John Bowlin, "Tolerance Among the Fathers";
Jennifer Herdt, "Virtue's Semblance: Erasmus and Luther on Pagan
Virtue and the Christian Life"; Mary Hirschfeld, "Standard of
Living and Economic Virtue: Building a Bridge Between Aquinas and
the 21st Century; Jan Jans, "The Belgian Act on Euthanasia"; John
Langan, "Hope in and for the United States"; Melissa Snarr, "A New
Discipline? Beverly Harrison and 'Malestream' Christian Ethics";
and Linda Hogan, Edna McDonagh, Stanley Hauerwas, "The Case for the
Abolition of War in the Twenty-First Century."
"Ideals and Injuries: The Denial of Difference in the Construction
of Christian Family Ideals" byGloria H. Albrecht; "The Religious
Dimension of Ordinary Human Emotions" by Diana Fritz Cates;
"Because . . . Justifying Law/Rationalizing Ethics" byJonathan K.
Crane; "Self-Interest, Deprivation, and Agency: Expanding the
Capabilities Approach" by Douglas A. Hicks; "Mapping 'Whiteness'"
by Alex Mikulich; "The Persistence of Injustice: Challenging Some
Dominant Assumptions" by Joe Pettit; "Women, Beauty, and Justice:
Moving Beyond von Balthasar" by Susan A. Ross; "Ethics, Law,
Economics: Legal Regulation of Corporate Responsibility" by
Jonathan Rothchild; "Touch on Trial: Power and the Right to
Physical Affection" by Christina Traina; "Humanities and
Atrocities" by Sumner B. Twiss; and "Humanities and Atrocities: A
Response to Twiss" by Paul Lauritzen.
The possibility that human beings may soon be cloned has generated enormous anxiety and fueled a vigorous debate about the ethics of contemporary science. Unfortunately, much of this debate about cloning has treated cloning as singular and revolutionary. The essays in Cloning and the Future of Human Embryo Research place debates about cloning in the context of reproductive technology and human embryo research. Although novel, cloning is really just the next step in a series of reproductive interventions that began with in vitro fertilization in 1978. Cloning, embryo research, and reproductive technology must therefore be discussed together in order to be understood. The authors of this volume bring these topics together by examining the status of preimplantation embryos, debates about cloning and embryo research, and the formulation of public policy. The book is distinctive in framing cloning as inextricably tied to embryo research and in offering both secular and religious perspectives on cloning and embryo research.
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