Bioethics after God

Morality, Culture, and Medicine

Mark J. Cherry

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English

University of Notre Dame Press
15 August 2024

Ethics & moral philosophy; Philosophy of religion; Religious ethics; Christianity; Medical ethics & professional conduct

Series: Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics and Bioethics

Bioethics after God explores the relationship between morality and medicine in a society that has denied the existence of God.

Medicine and bioethics are going through profound changes in the Western world. Practices that prior generations would have recognized as morally impermissible, such as abortion, eugenics, and euthanasia, are becoming central components of modern health care. Bioethics after God argues that in the process of rejecting its Christian roots, the Western world has upended traditional understandings of truth that are central to both scientific and moral judgment. The effect is felt throughout medicine as health care professionals increasingly work without the context and guidance provided by traditional Christian ethics.

Cherry uses the conceptual framework of “weak bioethics”—bioethics solely informed by the stark limits of secular morality—to delve into shifting concepts of health and disease, the active embrace of ethically fraught practices, and technological developments such as brain transplantation and humanoid robots designed for sexual activity. The implications of a bioethics after God are wide-ranging and profound, and Cherry challenges us to consider the repercussions of pushing forward in medicine without the support of a solid ethical foundation.

By: Mark J. Cherry
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
ISBN: 9780268208295
ISBN 10: 0268208298
Series: Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics and Bioethics
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 15 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements 1. Bioethics Without God: Eschewing any God’s Eye Point of View 2. Weak Thought and Weak Theology 3. Weak Bioethics 4. Sex and Human Dignity: Ideologically Reshaping the Lifeworld 5. Secular Fundamentalism 6. Where there is Hope: A Return to Foundations Bibliography

Mark J. Cherry is the Dr. Patricia A. Hayes Professor in Applied Ethics and professor of philosophy at St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas. He is author of Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market and Sex, Family, and the Culture Wars.

Reviews for Bioethics after God: Morality, Culture, and Medicine

“Mark Cherry's Bioethics after God carries on the important project and legacy of H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. of showing that the attempt to provide a universal foundation of ethics and bioethics outside the lived religious world of traditional Christianity is doomed to fail. Cherry is an invaluable voice for a view that needs both a hearing and a response.” —Christopher Tollefsen, co-author of The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession “This text was a joy to read. A number of its claims are not easy to grapple with, but they are well-argued, clearly and politely presented, and should be taken seriously by those who are sympathetic and those who are opposed to the analysis.” —Bryan Pilkington, Seton Hall University