Euthanasia and patristic tradition : reading St John Damascene and St Symeon the new theologian on Christian bioethics
Başlık:
Euthanasia and patristic tradition : reading St John Damascene and St Symeon the new theologian on Christian bioethics
Yazar:
Bekos, Ioannis, author.
ISBN:
9780227906941
9780227906958
Yazar:
Fiziksel Niteleme:
1 online resource (xvi, 265 pages)
İçindekiler:
Bioethics and power claims on human life -- Bioethics, euthanasia and the 'creation' of a 'new' human being -- St John Damascene and the character of man -- St Symeon the New Theologian and the character of man -- Christian individualism and decisions on euthanasia -- Epilogue: Euthanasia - self-sacrifice or murder?
Özet:
A critique of contemporary bioethical thought, drawing on the Patristic tradition to develop a Christian anthropology that offers an alternative approach to bioethics.
Elektronik Erişim:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvss3x07