Health and human flourishing
Subtitle: religion, medicine, and moral anthropology / Carol Taylor, and Roberto dell'Oro, editors.
Contributors: Taylor, Carol, CSFN.; Dell'Oro, Roberto, 1959-
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781589010789; 9781589010796
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Doctrines.; Health -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Theological anthropology.; Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.; Bioethics.; Anthropology, Cultural.; Catholicism.; Ethics, Medical.
Description: "In Health and Human Flourishing, contributors from a wide range of disciplines mine the intersection of the secular and the religious, the medical and the moral, to unearth the ethical and clinical implications of the facets of human existence. Their aim is a richer bioethics, one that takes into account the roles of vulnerability, dignity, integrity, and relationality in human affliction as well as human thriving. Including an examination of how a theological anthropology-a theological understanding of what it means to be a human being-can help us better understand health care, social policy, and science, this powerful anthology will inspire much-needed conversation among philosophers, theologians, and health care professionals. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theological anthropology and bioethics / Roberto dell'Oro; title: Vulnerability, agency, and human flourishing / Alisa Carse; title: Pluralism, truthfulness, and the patience of being / William Desmond; title: Dignity and the human as a natural kind / Daniel P. Sulmasy; title: On being true to form / Margaret Mohrmann; title: The integrity conundrum / Suzanne Holland; title: Vulnerabilty and the meaning of illness / Kay Toombs; title: A meditation on vulnerability and power / Richard M. Zaner; title: Vulnerability within the body of Christ : anointing of the sick and theological anthropology / M. Therese Lysaught; title: Gender and human relationality / Christine E. Gudorf; title: Bioethics, relationships, and participation in the common good / Lisa Sowle Cahill; title: Healthcare, social policy, and science / Carol Taylor; title: Health policy and a theological anthropology / Ron Hamel; title: Science and a theological anthropology / Kevin T. Fitzgerald; title: Toward a richer bioethics / Edmund D. Pellegrino.