 JP500/600 Philosophical Anthropology
JP501/601 Being, Knowing and Choosing
JP502/602 Philosophical Foundations of Bioethics
JP503/603 St Thomas for the 21st Century
JP520/620 Nature and Method of Theology
JP521/621 Biblical Theology of Marriage and the Family
JP522/622 Marriage and the Family in the Catholic Tradition
JP523/623 The Theology of the Family as the Domestic Church
JP524/624 Scripture and Tradition on Human Life and Healthcare
JP525/625 Theology of the Body
JP528/628 The New Evangelization in Post-Modern Culture
JP530/630 Themes in Systematic Theology I
JP531/631 Themes in Systematic Theology II
JP540/640 Foundations of Christian Moral Life
JP541/641 Virtues, Norms and Happiness
JP542/642 Redemption of Sexuality
JP543/643 Theological Bioethics
JP544/644 Beginning-of-Life Ethics
JP545/645 End-of-Life Ethics
JP546/646 Current Controversies in Bioethics
JP547/647 Theology and Practice of Natural Family Planning
JP548/648 Natural Law, Life and Family
JP560/660 Social Science of Marriage and the Family
JP561/661 Psychology and Pastoral Care of the Family
JP562/662 Politics of Marriage, Family and Life
JP563/663 Parish and Family Ministry
JP564/664 Educating in Sexuality, Marriage, Family and Life
JP565/665 Issues in Family Law
JP566/666 Bioethics and the Law
JP567/667 Authority and Freedom
JP680 Research Method
JP681 Teaching Method
JP682 Masters Thesis
JP683 Masters in Sacred Theology
JP684 Masters in Sacred Theology Dissertation
JP685 Comprehensive Examination
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JP543/643 Theological Bioethics
 | Rev Prof Anthony Fisher OP
Permanent Fellow of the Institute |
This course presents the understanding of human life and death, health and healthcare, and of bioethics as developed in the continuing Catholic tradition, contrasting it with the conceptions of contemporary culture. Foundational sources and fundamental principles for a genuinely Christian bioethic are treated in depth before any particular controversies.
Amongst the bioethical dilemmas considered in this course are: the responsibilities of the individual, family and community regarding health and healthcare; new technologies of family-making; new technologies of family-avoidance; sterilisation of the mentally handicapped; and intergenerational duties. The course gives special attention to relevant magisterial documents pertaining to bioethics, and compares the approaches of three leading Christian bioethicists: Joseph Fletcher, Richard McCormick and Germain Grisez.
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