LIfe and Learning XIX — 2009
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Preface
CURRENT MORAL PROBLEMS
Stem Cells and Torture Gilbert Meilaender
Lying for Life? On Delayed Disclosure of Healthcare Limits Andrew Jaspers
More Vulnerable to Exploitation and Abandonment Richard Stith
Right to Life: A Right Beyond Ideology, The Case of Tabaré Vazquez Mario Ramos-Reyes
MORAL ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Is Breastfeeding the Moral Equivalent of Emergency Contraception in Inducing Early Pregnancy Loss? Richard J. Fehring
Professional Conscientious Objection in Medicine with Attention to Referral T.A. Cavanaugh
Unintended Consequences of the Separation of Sex from Procreation Hanna Klaus, M.D.
The Orientation of Freedom toward Bodily Integrity: Defending the Oocyte from Extracorporeal Manipulation Kimberly Henkel
PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Pro-Life Communitarianism and a Metaphysics of Relation James G. Hanink
Fichte’s Idealism and Natural Rights: A Key to Understanding Seemingly Inconsistent Arguments for Abortion and Euthanasia Eric Manchester
The Difference Between Form and Shape: Why Human Appearance Is Morally Irrelevant Craig Payne
Retrieval of Fatherhood through a Retrieval of Faith in God the Father Matthew Lewis Sutton
PERSPECTIVES FROM LITERATURE AND RHETORIC
Abortion in Canadian Literature: Comparisons with American Literature and Canada’s Unique Contributions Jeff Koloze
The Coercive Reality behind Pro-Choice Rhetoric: Identifying What “Popular Sovereignty,” “Reproductive Freedom,” and “Death with Dignity” Demand from Those Who Disagree Ryan C. MacPherson
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Catholic Feminist Ethics and the Culture of Death: The Case of Sister Margaret Farley Anne Barbeau Gardiner
“For contributions to the science of racial cleansing”: Harry H Laughlin and the American Eugenics Movement John Gerdtz
Euthanasia: Hell’s Last Sacrament Robert C. Cetrulo, J.D.
The “Heated Debates” Survey: How Connecting Issues Have an Impact on Opposition to Violence Rachel M. MacNair
Prudence and Telos in Pro-Life Evolution James R. Kelly