Problems of Bioethics

by Lukas Ohly

Overview

This book criticizes the suggestive implication of newer bioethics that we need a new ethical paradigm in order to handle the innovations of medicine and biotechnology. It proves that these innovations have a suggestive character which is not relevant, however, in order to justify a paradigm shift in ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631637777
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	11/05/2012
Series:	Theologisch-Philosophische Beitraege zu Gegenwartsfragen , #12
Pages:	154
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lukas Ohly, born in 1969; studying evangelical theology and philosophy; 1998 MA phil.; 2000 dissertation thesis in ev. theology about human dignity and euthanasia; 2007 second thesis about genetic enhancement and anthropology; lecturer of Frankfurt university since 2007; author of a book about a theory of perceiving God (2011), many articles about ethics and philosophy of religion.

Table of Contents

Contents: The Claim of Bioethics – The Moral State of the Embryo – The Power of Feelings in Bioethics – Human Reproductive Cloning and Germ Line Therapy – Could Computers Feel Like Humans? (Qualia) – Patients with Serious Brain Damage – Do Humans Have a Free Will? – The Problem of Mercy Killing – Eternal Dignity – The Metaphysical Concept of Presumed Will.

Preface

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