Duties to Others edited by Courtney Campbell, B.A. Lustig.

Despite reservoirs of moral discourse about duties in religious communities, professional caregiving traditions, and philosophical perspectives, the dominant moral language in contemporary biomedical ethics is that of ̀rights'. Duties to Others begins to correct this imbalance in our ethical la...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Campbell, Courtney (Editor), Lustig, B.A (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1994.
Edition:	1st ed. 1994.
Series:	Theology and Medicine, 4 Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:	Ethics. Medical ethics. Religion. Medicine—Philosophy. Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:	Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:	Loaded electronically. Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.

Table of Contents:

Section I: Conceptual Foundations
Taking Duties Seriously? The Decline of Duties in a Rights Culture
Encountering the Other
Theology and the Invitation of the Stranger
Self and Other in Feminist Thought
Section II: Traditions of Duties
Duties to Others in Roman Catholic Thought
Duties to Others and Covenantal Ethics
Duty, Virtue, and the Victim’s Voice
Section III: Duties and the Clinical Context
Self-Interest, The Physician’s Duties, and Medical Ethics: A Philosophical and Theological Challenge
Duties to Others in Nursing
Suffering, Compassion, and Care
Gifts and Caring Duties in Medicine
Duties of Patients to Their Caregivers
Section IV: Duties in Social Context
Needy Persons and Rationed Resources
Bioethics in the Post-Modern World: Belief and Secularity
Intergenerational Relations
Section V: Duties in Conflict
Conflict, Compromise, and Moral Integrity
Genetic Testing, Individual Rights, and the Common Good
Fidelity to Patients and Resource Constraints
Notes on Contributors.

Duties to Others edited by Courtney Campbell, B.A. Lustig.

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