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Sexuality and Medicine

Volume II: Ethical Viewpoints in Transition

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Earl E. Shelp

    1. Institute of Religion, and Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 23)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Reproduction, Medicine, and Morals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sexual Ethics: Some Perspectives from the History of Philosophy

      • Mary Ann Gardell
      Pages 3-15

    3. Medicine and the Control of Reproduction

      • Sara Ann Ketchum
      Pages 17-37

    4. On the Connection of Sex to Reproduction

      • Lisa Sowle Cahill
      Pages 39-50

    5. Having Sex and Making Love : The Search for Morality in Eros

      • H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.
      Pages 51-66

  4. Religion, Medicine, and Moral Controversy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. Theological Approaches to Sexuality: An Overview

      • Paul D. Simmons
      Pages 199-217

    3. Contemporary Controversies in Sexual Ethics: A Case Study in Post-Vatican II Moral Theology

      • James J. McCartney
      Pages 219-232

    4. Transsexual Surgery: Some Reflections on the Moral Issues Involved

      • Robert H. Springer
      Pages 233-247

    5. The Irrelevance of Theology for Sexual Ethics

      • Ronald M. Green
      Pages 249-270

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 271-280
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About this book

It may be unnecessary to some to publish a text on sexuality in 1986 since the popular press speaks of the sexual revolution as if it were over and was possibly a mistake. Some people characterize society as too sexually obsessed, and there is an undercurrent of desire for a return to a supposedly simpler and happier time when sex was not openly dis­ cussed, displayed, taught or even, presumedly, contemplated. Indeed, we are experiencing something of a backlash against open sexuality and sexual liberation. For example, during the '60s and '70s tolerance of homosexual persons and homosexuality increased. Of late there has been a conservative backlash against gay-rights laws. Sexual intercourse before marriage, which had been considered healthy and good, has been, of late, characterized as promiscuous. In fact, numer­ ous articles have appeared about the growing popularity of sexual abstinence. There is a renewed vigor in the fight against sex education in the schools, and an 'anti-pornography' battle being waged by those on the right and those on the left who organize under the guise of such worthy goals as deterring child abuse and rape, but who are basically uncomfortable with diverse expressions of sexuality. One would hope that such trends, and the ignorance about sex and sexuality that they reflect, would not touch medical professionals. That Dr.

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`Good-quality paper and typesetting, a useful index, and pertinent bibliographies for each chapter make for comfortable and interesting reading. No hospital library can afford to be without a copy.'
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Religion, and Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

    Earl E. Shelp

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sexuality and Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Volume II: Ethical Viewpoints in Transition

  • Editors: Earl E. Shelp

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3943-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-55608-013-5Published: 31 March 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-55608-016-6Published: 31 March 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-3943-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 280

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

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