Proceedings of a conference held July 8-11, 2006 in Padua, Italy.
"In June 2006 [sic i.e. 8-12 July 2006] over four hundred Catholic moral theologians from all over the world gathered in Padua, Italy, to take part in the first international, cross-cultural conversation on theological ethics. .... In this collection our focus us on the field of applied ethics. From the 120 papers from around the world originally presented at this conference, all focused on issues of critical global, social, political, and economic concern, we present 30 that represent the key challenges that lie ahead". -- Intro.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents divided into seven main parts: Globalization, Justice, and Environment -- Gender -- War and Peace -- HIV/AIDS -- Bioethics and Social Justice -- Sexuality and Marriage -- Challenges to Method in Moral Theology.
Contents: Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Cross-cultural Conversations: Applied Ethics in a World Church / Linda Hogan -- Opting for the Poor in the Face of Growing Poverty / Humberto Miguel Yanez -- An Ethical Analysis of Globalization from an Indian Perspective / John Chathanatt -- Globalization and African Economic Reform / Aquiline Tarimo -- Globalization and Free Trade Agreements: Ethical Analysis and Alternatives / Kenneth M. Weare -- Setting Aside Some Economic Paradigms / Alejandro C. Llorente -- A Ringing Endorsement of Capitalism ? The Influence of the Neo-liberal Agenda on Official Catholic Social Teaching / Johan Verstraeten -- Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church and the Ethic of the Environment / Karl Golser -- Reflections on the Relationship between Ecology and Theological Ethics / Simon Morandini -- Becoming Better Samaritans: The Quest for New Models of Doing Social-economic Justice in Africa / Teresia Hinga -- Women's Perspectives in Bioethics: A Case Study from Tribal India / Pushpa Joseph -- Gendered Identity Formation and Moral Theology / Christine E. Gudorf -- A Tale of Two Presumptions: The Development of Roman Catholic Just War Theory / William Werpehowski -- A New 'Casus Belli' ? Counterproliferation in an Age of Terrorism / Kenneth R. Himes -- AIDS, Africa, and the "Age of Miraculous Medicine": Naming the Silences / Emmanuel Katongole -- Ethics of HIV/AIDS Prevention: Paradigms of a New Discourse from an African Perspective / Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator -- HIV/AIDS in Africa: An Urgent Task for an Inculturated Theological Ethic / Paul Chummar -- Who Sinned ? AIDS-Related Stigma and the Church / Gillian Paterson -- Religion in the AIDS Crisis: Irrelevance, Adversary, or Ally ? The Case of the Catholic Church / Bertrand Lebouche, Jean-Francois Malherbe, Christian Trepo, and Raymond Lemieux -- The Contribution of Theology to Bioethical Discussion / Jose Roque Junges -- Multinational Biomedical Research in Impoverished Communities Toward a Theory of Global Social Justice / Jorge Jose Ferrer -- Embryo Adoption: Expanding the Terms of the Debate / Darlene Fozard Weaver -- Nutrition and Hydration in the Care of Terminally Ill Patients: Ethical and Theological Challenges / Marie-Jo Thiel -- A Contextual Approach to the Practical Tradition of Hospital Care / Catherine Fino -- The Fragility of Marriage: Concerning Methodology in Christian Ethics / Philippe Bordeyne -- "What God Has Joined Together": The Specifically Christian Quality of Conjugal Love / Aristide Fumagalli -- The Truly Human Sexual Act and Complementarity: Proposing a Reconstruction / Todd A. Saltzman and Michael G. Lawler -- The Use of Sociological Studies to Confirm or Critique Roman Catholic Sexual Ethics / Michael J. Hartwig -- Contraception: Is Dialogue Possible between Proportionalism and the Ethic of Virtue ? / Gustavo Irrazabal -- Benedict XVI's 'Deus Caritas Est': An Ethical Analysis / Stephen J. Pope -- Tolerance, Pluralism, and Religious Truth / Johan De Tavernier.
"By presenting real-life situations, this guide provides readers with examples of Catholic ethical decision-making in action. This is a practical, must-read book for Catholic who want to know how church teaching can help them work their way through tough decisions and choices". -- back cover.
Contents: Introduction -- Part 1: Bioethics from a Roman Catholic perspective -- Part 2: Reproductive technologies -- Part 3: End-of-life issues -- Part 4: Catholic teaching on living life until the end -- Appendix: Advance directives for health care -- Notes.
Issued also in French under title: Guide d'ethique de la sante.
Previously published under title: Health Care Ethics Guide.
Includes bibliograpical references and index.
Bibliography: pp. 104-111.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Preamble -- Introduction -- The Communal Nature of Care -- Dignity of the Human Person -- Human Reproduction -- Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation -- Care of the Dying Person -- Research on Human Subjects -- Governance and Administration --Appendix I : A Framework for Ethical Discernment -- Appendix II : The Principle of Legitimate Cooperation -- Appendix III : Glossary of Terms -- Appendix IV: Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Religion and artificial reproduction : an inquiry into the Vatican "Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Human Reproduction"
Contents: Preface -- A Review of Artificial Reproduction -- Sexuality, Marriage, and Parenthood: The Catholic Tradition -- An Overview of the Instruction -- A Comparative Analysis -- The Instruction as Roman Catholic Moral Teaching -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation dated 22 February 1987 -- Notes.
"The authors are leading Catholic lay ethicists". -- dust jacket blurb.
"This is the ninth book in the series New Studies in Christian Ethics. It faces some of the most difficult areas within the discipline -- those concerned with sex and gender in modern society". -- General editor's preface, p. xi.
"This book endorses feminist critiques of gender, yet upholds the insight of traditional Christianity that sex, commitment, and parenthood are fulfilling human relations. Their unity is a positive ideal, though not an absolute norm. Women and men should enjoy equal personal respect and social power, which excludes patriarchy". -- p. [i].
"This project is part of the Religion, Culture and Family Project, directed by Don Browning, Alexander Campbell Professor of Ethics and the Social Sciences in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and funded by the Lilly Foundation and the University of Chicago". -- Acknowledgments.
Contents: General editor's preface / Robin Gill -- Acknowledgments -- Sex, gender, and the problem of moral argument -- Feminism and foundations -- Particular experiences, shared goods -- "The body" in context -- An interlude and a proposal -- Sex, gender, and early Christianity -- Sex, marriage, and family in Christian tradition -- The new birth technologies and public moral argument -- Concluding reflections -- Notes -- Index.
"This is the ninth book in the series New Studies in Christian Ethics. It faces some of the most difficult areas within the discipline -- those concerned with sex and gender in modern society". -- General editor's preface, p. xi.
"This book endorses feminist critiques of gender, yet upholds the insight of traditional Christianity that sex, commitment, and parenthood are fulfilling human relations. Their unity is a positive ideal, though not an absolute norm. Women and men should enjoy equal personal respect and social power, which excludes patriarchy". -- p. [i].
"This project is part of the Religion, Culture and Family Project, directed by Don Browning, Alexander Campbell Professor of Ethics and the Social Sciences in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and funded by the Lilly Foundation and the University of Chicago". -- Acknowledgments.
Contents: General editor's preface / Robin Gill -- Acknowledgments -- Sex, gender, and the problem of moral argument -- Feminism and foundations -- Particular experiences, shared goods -- "The body" in context -- An interlude and a proposal -- Sex, gender, and early Christianity -- Sex, marriage, and family in Christian tradition -- The new birth technologies and public moral argument -- Concluding reflections -- Notes -- Index.