Bioethics: Aging and Death
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Introduction
These resources explore ethical and moral problems related to the experience of aging and death.
Messages and Resources On Aging and Death
The Problem of the Body for the Liberal Theory of Personhood: Your Body is Not Just Your Own
Text of a sermon on 1 Corinthians 6:19 - 20. The resurrection of Jesus dignifies and challenges any denigration of the human body, and also focuses our attention on the significance of human faithfulness and relatedness to the Spirit of God. For the faithfulness of the human Jesus of Nazareth, and his dependence on the Spirit, accomplished God’s purpose and vision for the human — an accomplishment that Jesus shares with us. See more on Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians.
Other Christian Resources on Aging and Death
Other Resources on Aging and Death
Julie Fine, Judge Orders Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman Off Life Support (NBC Chicago, Jan 25, 2014)
Stephanie O'Neill, Knowing How Doctors Die Can Change End-Of-Life Discussions (NPR, Jul 6, 2015)
Ann Kreilkamp, How We Used to Die; How We Die Now (Exopermaculture blog, Jan 19, 2016) an emergency doc's reflection on tech and drugs
Damon Linker, Why Opposition to Assisted Suicide is Inextricably Tied to Religion (The Week, Jan 20, 2016)
Father John Whiteford, Stump the Priest: The Death Penalty (Father John blog, Feb 20, 2016)
Rachel Aviv, What Does It Mean to Die? (The New Yorker, Feb 5, 2018)
Joe V, The Patient I Failed (All Nurses, Jun 16, 2018)
Bioethics: Topics:
Christian Restorative Justice Critique of the Left: Domestic Policy Topics:
The section Critique of the Left engages the following topics: Bioethics discusses the impact of technology on conception and birth, enhancement and therapeutics, and aging and death; Consumption challenges the notion that we are “sovereign individuals” who are exercising free choices; Government Corruption spotlights political compromises and dealings contrary to the public good; Immigration highlights the complicity between Left and Right on stalling immigration policy reform; Media spotlights failures of, and possible fixes to, left-wing or left-leaning media; Power and Politics highlights the impact of racial considerations and racism on political campaigns, voting rights, public investments, and other political procedures; Relational Personhood examines how “individualism” fails to comprehend the importance of healthy relationships and communities in human development; Race examines the impact of white supremacy on virtually every aspect of American life; Religious Tolerance focuses on how Christian faith produced a difference between church and society, and argued for religious toleration from its earliest days; Secularized University examines the moral and intellectual problems produced by the cultural Leftism of individualism; Sex Industry documents the moral and policy challenges of treating sex as a commodity, which the majority of people on the leftward side of the political spectrum tend to do. We critique philosophical influences behind some secularists on the left: Myth of Christian Ignorance responds to the accusation that Christian faith led to a “dark ages” and technological backwardness; Secular Liberalism critiques the assumption that political and moral values can be sustained and nurtured by political procedures themselves.
Christian Restorative Justice Critique of the Left: Philosophical Influences:
