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100	1		_aMackler, Aaron L.
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to Jewish and Catholic bioethics : _ba comparative analysis / _cAaron L. Mackler.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bGeorgetown University Press, _c2003.
300			_ax, 265 p. ; _c23 cm.
440		0	_aMoral traditions series
504			_a"Works cited": p. 239-252.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Methodology in Roman Catholic Moral Theology -- 2. Methodology in Jewish Ethics -- 3. Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide -- 4. Treatment Decisions near the End of Life -- 5. Abortion -- 6. In Vitro Fertilization -- 7. Access to Health Care and Rationing.
520			_aPublisher description: Leavened with compassion, common sense, and a readable style, this introduction to complicated bioethical issues from both Jewish and Catholic perspectives is as informative as it is undaunting. Aaron Mackler takes the reader through methodology in Roman Catholic moral theology and compares and contrasts it with methodology as it is practiced in Jewish ethics. He then skillfully wends his way through many topics foremost on the contemporary ethical agenda for both Jewish and Catholic ethicists: euthanasia and assisted suicide, end-of-life decisions, abortion, in vitro fertilization, and the ever-growing problem of justice regarding access to health care and medical resources. A concluding chapter summarizes general tendencies in the comparison of the two traditions, and addresses the significance of convergence and divergence between these traditions for moral thinkers within each faith community, and generally in western democracies such as the United States. As Mackler overviews these issues, he points out the divergences and the commonalities between the two traditions-clarifying each position and outlining the structure of thinking that supports them. At the heart of both Catholic and Jewish perspectives on bioethics is a life-affirming core, and while there may be differences in the "why" of those ethical divergences, and in the "how" each arrived at varying-or the same-conclusions, both traditions, in the words of James McCartney as quoted in the introduction, "are guided by the principle that life is precious; that we are bidden to preserve and guard our health; that we are bidden to intervene in nature to raise the human estate; and that our lives are not our own, but are part of the legacy bequeathed to us by the Creator." This book has been carefully crafted in that spirit. Aaron L. Mackler is associate professor in the Department of Theology, Duquesne University, and editor of Life and Death Responsibilities in Jewish Biomedical Ethics.
650		0	_aMedical ethics _xReligious aspects _xJudaism.
650		0	_aMedical ethics _xReligious aspects _xCatholic Church.
650		0	_aBioethics _xReligious aspects _xJudaism.
650		0	_aBioethics _xReligious aspects _xCatholic Church.
650		0	_aReligion and ethics.
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