1st Edition

Bioethics, Healthcare and the Soul

By Henk ten Have, Renzo Pegoraro Copyright 2022
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

This thought-provoking book explores the connections between health, ethics, and soul. It analyzes how and why the soul has been lost from scientific discourses, healthcare practices, and ethical discussions, presenting suggestions for change. Arguing that the dominant scientific worldview has eradicated talk about the soul and presents an objective and technical approach to human life and its... Read more
1.Introduction: The Soul in Healthcare and Ethics  2.The Erasure of the Soul  3.The Disenchantment of the World  4.The Lost Soul: Images without Soul  5.Moral Imagination  6.Recovering the Soul: Inspiring Images  7.Another Bioethics

Biography

Henk ten Have is Professor Emeritus at the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA, and Research Professor at Anahuac University in Mexico.

Renzo Pegoraro is Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life in Rome and Professor of Bioethics at the Faculty of Theology of North-East of Italy.