The Dignity of Human Procreation and the Simple Case In Vitro Fertilization: Moral-Theological Debate in the Light of “Donum Vitae”

ISBN-13: 9783631893104 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 248 str.

Patrick Idoko Abem

Opis

Catholic moral theologians and ethicists do not have many problems receiving the negative judgment of Donum Vitae on heterologous artificial insemination and regular IVF as procedures of generating human life

Spis treści

Table of Contents - Preface - Acknowledgements - Table of Contents - List of Abbreviations - General Introduction - Chapter One The Magisterium and Some Theological Opinions on Artificial Procreation - Chapter Two Moral-Theological Arguments in Favor of the Simple Case of Homologous IVF-ET - Chapter Three In Defense of Donum Vitae's Arguments against the Simple Case of Homologous IVF-ET - General Evaluation and Conclusion - Bibliography

O autorze

Patrick I. Abem is a Catholic Priest, Moral Theologian and Seminary Formator. He holds Licentiate and Doctorate Degrees from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome. He is currently the Head of Department of Theology and teaches courses in Bioethics and Moral Theology in St Joseph Major Seminary, IKot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.