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Medical Ethics in Antiquity

Philosophical Perspectives on Abortion and Euthanasia

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Paul Carrick

    1. Department of Philosophy, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 18)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. The Social and Scientific Setting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Status of the Physician

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 3-13

    3. Theories of Health and Disease

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 15-37

    4. Attitudes Toward Death

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 39-56

  3. The Rise of Medical Ethics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Who was Hippocrates?

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 59-67

    3. The Hippocratic Oath

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 69-96

  4. Abortion and Euthanasia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. The Problem of Abortion

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 99-125

    3. The Problem Of Euthanasia

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 127-150

    4. The Physician’s Moral Responsibility

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 151-159

    5. Conclusion

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 161-169

    6. Epilogue

      • Paul Carrick
      Pages 171-187

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 188-242
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About this book

The idea of reviewing the ethical concerns of ancient medicine with an eye as to how they might instruct us about the extremely lively disputes of our own contemporary medicine is such a natural one that it surprises us to real­ ize how very slow we have been to pursue it in a sustained way_ Ideologues have often seized on the very name of Hippocrates to close off debate about such matters as abortion and euthanasia - as if by appeal to a well-known and sacred authority that no informed person would care or dare to oppose_ And yet, beneath the polite fakery of such reference, we have deprived our­ selves of a familiarity with the genuinely 'unsimple' variety of Greek and Roman reflections on the great questions of medical ethics. The fascination of recovering those views surely depends on one stunning truism at least: humans sicken and die; they must be cared for by those who are socially endorsed to specialize in the task; and the changes in the rounds of human life are so much the same from ancient times to our own that the disputes and agreements of the past are remarkably similar to those of our own.

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`... a thorough and scholarly survey of issues in medical ethics that have always provided dilemmas for patients, physicians, and generally, members of the society. The book will serve to correct a multitude of errors we all tend to make concerning ancient ethical beliefs and practices. We have much to learn from Professor Carrick, who examines and expounds that wisdom with great felicity.'
JAMA (December 1986)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

    Paul Carrick

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Medical Ethics in Antiquity

  • Book Subtitle: Philosophical Perspectives on Abortion and Euthanasia

  • Authors: Paul Carrick

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5235-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1825-9Published: 31 March 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1915-7Published: 31 March 1985

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5235-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 245

  • Topics: Philosophy of Medicine, Ethics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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