Suffering and Bioethics
Edited by Ronald M. Green and Nathan J. Palpant
Table of Contents
Foreword - Daniel Callahan
Suffering and Bioethics: an introduction to the volume - Ronald M. Green and Nathan J. Palpant
Part 1: The Nature, Meaning, and Experience of Suffering
1. Suffering and Human Dignity - Eric Cassell
2. Understanding Suffering - Barry Hoffmaster,
3. Paying Homage to the Silence of Suffering - Susan and Gordon Marino
4. Suffering, and the Promise of a World without Pain - Joseph Amato
Part 2: Suffering in Biology
5. Social Neuroscience Meets Philosophy: Suffering, Empathy, and Moral Cognition -Jean Decety
6. The Biology of Suffering - Daniel Krashin, Natalia Murinova, Catherine Q. Howe, and Jane Ballantyne
7. What is Suffering and What Sorts of Beings Can Suffer? - David Degrazia
Part 3: Suffering in Policy and Law
8. Individual and Social Callousness Toward Human Suffering - Daniel B. Hinshaw, Peter D. Jacobson, and Marisa P. Weisel
9. Human Rights and the Moral Obligation to Alleviate Suffering - Roberto Andorno and Cristiana Baffone
10. Exploring Interactions Between Suffering and the Law - Margaret Somerville
Part 4: Worldview Perspectives on Suffering and Medicine
11. Suffering: A Catholic Theological-Ethical View -Lisa Cahill
12. The Orthodox Christian View of Suffering - H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.
13. Redemptive Suffering Redeemed: A Protestant View of Suffering - Karen Lebacqz
14. Suffering: Reflections from the Jewish Tradition - Laurie Zoloth
15. Human Suffering through Illness in the Context of Islamic Bioethics - Abdulaziz Sachedina
16. Endure, Adapt, or Overcome? The Concept of 'Suffering' in Buddhist Bioethics - Jens Schlieter
17. Human Suffering and the Limits of Secular Bioethics - Mark Cherry
Part 5: Suffering in the Ethics of Contemporary Medicine and Biotechnology
18. Reproductive Technology in Suffering's Shadow - Paul Lauritzen
19. Genomic Information and Suffering in the Genomic Era - Roberta Berry
20. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and the Prevention of Suffering - Mary Anderlik Majumder
Part 6: Concluding Thoughts
21. Suffering and Ethics in an Age of Empowerment - Nathan J. Palpant
22. The Evil of Suffering - Ronald M. Green