Effects of Moral Fonts on Action and Decision Making
Furton EJ , Cataldo PJ
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Abstract
This landmark publication is in its second edition has been completely revised and updated to reflect recent developments in magisterial teaching and scientific research. More than thirty authors, who are experts in their fields, examine moral action theory, key ethical principles, ethics committees, the embryo and fetus, contraception, reproductive technologies, difficult pregnancies, rape protocols, the determination of death, palliative care, nutrition and hydration, the persistent vegetative state, do-not-resuscitate orders, health care proxies, organ donation, vaccination refusals, genetic medicine, human experimentation, religious freedom, triage, cooperation with evil, state mandates, organizational ethics, and other topics. Catholic Health Care Ethics is an ideal resource for classroom use in colleges and universities, as well as in nursing schools and by ethics committees in hospitals and other health care facilities.
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Furton, E. J., & Cataldo, P. J. (2020). Effects of Moral Fonts on Action and Decision Making.
Furton EJ, Cataldo PJ. Effects of Moral Fonts on Action and Decision Making. 2020.
Furton, E. J., and P. J. Cataldo. Effects of Moral Fonts on Action and Decision Making. 2020.
Mirkes R, 2020·The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
This How does the Catholic Church guide infertile couples to exercise their right to build a family? Part One examines the principal tenets of Catholic social teaching on human rights in general. Part Two focuses in particular on the Church’s guidelines regarding the right to family planning for infertile couples. And Part Three contrasts NaProTechnology protocols for infertility with in vitro fertilization and concludes that NaPro provides infertile couples not only a responsible means of conceiving a baby that remedies the injustice of in vitro fertilization but also a medical embodiment of the Church’s teaching on the right to family planning.
The mechanism of action of contraceptive drugs and devices forms an essential part of informed consent for patients considering various methods of family planning. Currently the literature is confusing at best, in part due to non-uniform definitions of basic terms, as well as the misinterpretation of endpoints of current. AAPLOG members take different positions on the issue of contraception per se. The purpose of this document is to investigate and summarize the current evidence-based concerns regarding potential embryocidal mechanisms of action of modern contraceptive drugs and devices.
There are three reasons for concern about embryos conceived during the use of a particular 1. 1) All contraceptive drugs and devices “fail” at a certain rate. As noted in a recent paper, “Unintended pregnancies occur with all contraceptive methods, including IUDs. This provides incontrovertible evidence that fertilization and implantation can occur, albeit rarely, with modern methods of contraception.”1
2. 2) Since pregnancies can and do occur during the use of all contraceptive drugs and devices, then we know by definition that fertilization, which marks the beginning of an embryonic human organism, can and does happen with all contraceptive drugs and devices since by definition, an embryo must be created for pregnancy to occur. That means embryos are created at a certain rate with all contraceptive drugs or devices.
3. 3) The contraceptive drug or device will create a certain environment for the embryos created during their use. This environment may adversely affect embryo survival up to the point of yielding a positive pregnancy test at the end of the cycle (the contraceptive efficacy end point).
The remainder of this article will try to summarize what is known in the published medical literature about the environment facing an embryo who has been created during the use of various kinds of contraceptive drugs or devices.