Robert L. Barry is Associate Director, Newman Center West, Health Sciences Campus, University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers (Oxford, 2000), Breaking the Thread of Life (Transaction Press, 1994), and Set No Limits (Illinois, 1991).
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 The Sanctity of Human
Life: Chapter 4 Imago Dei and the Sanctity of Human Life Chapter 5
Protecting Human Life at the Beginning: Chapter 6 Thompson and Abortion
Chapter 7 Early Induction of Labor and Maternal Distress: The Medical
Abortion and Craniotomy Controversies Chapter 8 Pharaoh's Magicians: The
Ethics and Efficacy of Human Fetal Tissue Transplants Chapter 9 Protecting
Human Life at its End: Chapter 10 The Development of the Roman Catholic
Teachings on Suicide Chapter 11 Can One Withhold Tube Feeding from the
Comatose Without Intending Death? Chapter 12 Indirectly Intended
Life-Shortening Analgesia: Clarifying the Principle Chapter 13 Should the
Catholic Church Give Christian Burial to Rational Suicides? Chapter 14
Index