Biotecnology
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THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF ETHICS, LAW, AND THE NEW MEDICINE
Founding Editors
DAVID C. THOMASMA† DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada
THOMASINE KIMBROUGH KUSHNER, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Editor
DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada
Editorial Board
TERRY CARNEY, University of Sydney, Australia MARCUSDÜWELL, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands SØREN HOLM, University of Cardiff, Wales,United Kingdom GERRIT K. KIMSMA, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands DAVID NOVAK, University of Toronto, Canada EDMUND D. PELLEGRINO, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. DOM RENZO PEGORARO, Fondazione Lanza and University of Padua, Italy DANIEL P. SULMASY, Saint Vincent CatholicMedical Centers, New York, U.S.A. LAWRENCE TANCREDI, New York University, New York, U.S.A.
VOLUME 25
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
The Christian Religion and Biotechnology
A Search for Principled Decision-making
by
GEORGE P. SMITH, II
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this bookis available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 1-4020-3146-7 (HB) ISBN 1-4020-3148-3 (e-book)
Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Springer, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061, U.S.A. In all other countries, sold and distributed by Springer, P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands.Printed on acid-free paper
All Rights Reserved © 2005 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered andexecuted on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed in the Netherlands.
To Fr. Charles V. Antonicelli, Prof. Steven P. Frankino, Prof. Douglas W. Kmiec, Carolyn Keenan Kmiec, Dean Angela S. Lieurance, Mabel C. McGlothlin, and Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, whose faith in me and friendship over the years have been unending sources of ennoblement, joy, reward, andsustenance
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1. Lawmaking and Interpretation in The Age of Biotechnology . . 1
Chapter 2. Religion: Medico-Legal Norms or Constructs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 3. Procreational Autonomy or Theological Restraints . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 4. Freedom of Scientific Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chapter 5. Genetic Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Chapter 6. A Compassionate Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 189
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I have drawn from a number of my publications in writing this book: Judicial Decisionmaking in The Age of Biotechnology, 13 NOTRE DAME JOURNAL OF LAW, ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY 34 (1999); an unpublished paper entitled, “Bioethics and The Judiciary,” delivered at the Federal Judicial Conference of The Tenth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals, Denver, Colorado, June, 1998; Toward an...
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF ETHICS, LAW, AND THE NEW MEDICINE
Founding Editors
DAVID C. THOMASMA† DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada
THOMASINE KIMBROUGH KUSHNER, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Editor
DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada
Editorial Board
TERRY CARNEY, University of Sydney, Australia MARCUSDÜWELL, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands SØREN HOLM, University of Cardiff, Wales,United Kingdom GERRIT K. KIMSMA, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands DAVID NOVAK, University of Toronto, Canada EDMUND D. PELLEGRINO, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. DOM RENZO PEGORARO, Fondazione Lanza and University of Padua, Italy DANIEL P. SULMASY, Saint Vincent CatholicMedical Centers, New York, U.S.A. LAWRENCE TANCREDI, New York University, New York, U.S.A.
VOLUME 25
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
The Christian Religion and Biotechnology
A Search for Principled Decision-making
by
GEORGE P. SMITH, II
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this bookis available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 1-4020-3146-7 (HB) ISBN 1-4020-3148-3 (e-book)
Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Springer, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061, U.S.A. In all other countries, sold and distributed by Springer, P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands.Printed on acid-free paper
All Rights Reserved © 2005 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered andexecuted on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed in the Netherlands.
To Fr. Charles V. Antonicelli, Prof. Steven P. Frankino, Prof. Douglas W. Kmiec, Carolyn Keenan Kmiec, Dean Angela S. Lieurance, Mabel C. McGlothlin, and Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, whose faith in me and friendship over the years have been unending sources of ennoblement, joy, reward, andsustenance
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1. Lawmaking and Interpretation in The Age of Biotechnology . . 1
Chapter 2. Religion: Medico-Legal Norms or Constructs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 3. Procreational Autonomy or Theological Restraints . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 4. Freedom of Scientific Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chapter 5. Genetic Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Chapter 6. A Compassionate Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 189
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I have drawn from a number of my publications in writing this book: Judicial Decisionmaking in The Age of Biotechnology, 13 NOTRE DAME JOURNAL OF LAW, ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY 34 (1999); an unpublished paper entitled, “Bioethics and The Judiciary,” delivered at the Federal Judicial Conference of The Tenth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals, Denver, Colorado, June, 1998; Toward an...
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