Besides plain vanilla ethics, one of my main research interests includes medical and life science ethics. Thus, I was happy to be invited to submit a colloquy to the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, which was published in their Winter 2017 issue. Link here.
In the short essay I offer some critiques to an article written by Marissa Mullins on the topic of when cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) becomes harmful and unethical. My primary concern is that an erroneous definition of when a treatment is deemed “clinically ineffective” has resulted in a focus on empirical data that are just not pertinent to the discussion. Futility of a treatment is properly understood as when said treatment cannot fulfill its intended function or end. It is not when a certain level of quality of life can be achieved.
Links to other published plain vanilla essays:
Against covert moral bioenhancement.
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Updated:
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I have learned that the links above require a login.
Follow this link to the National Catholic Bioethics Center and click "View The Archives."
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