Retrieving the Natural Law: A Return to Moral First Things (Critical Issues in Bioethics (CIB))

Retrieving the Natural Law: A Return to Moral First Things (Critical Issues in Bioethics (CIB))

<DIV><BR /> Restating what all people intuit and what this means in moral, specifically bioethical, discourse is the<I>raison d'être</I> for this volume. J.áDaryl Charles argues that a traditional metaphysics of natural law lies at the heart of the present reconstructive project, and that a revival in natural-law thinking is of the highest priority for the Christian community as we contend in, rather than abdicate, the public square.<BR /><BR /> Nowhere is this more on display than in the realm of bioethics, where the most basic moral questions -- human personhood, human rights versus responsibilities, the reality of moral evil, the basis of civil society -- are being debated. With his timely application of natural-law thinking to the field of bioethics, Charles seeks to breathe new life back into this key debate.</DIV>