The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), established in 1972, conducts research, consultation, publishing and education to defend human dignity in health care and the life sciences, and carries out its work in fidelity to the natural law and the teachings of the Catholic Church. The results of these activities are available through this website and through our various educational and publishing activities, workshops, and seminars. For more information, visit http://ncbcenter.org/NetCommunity/.
By Catholic Medical Association 67 pages | ISBN 978-0-935372-53-3
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This small volume is designed to provoke thought about key question in modern research ethics and attempts to resolve a series of real-life cases in research ethics by applying four key principles of the moral life, namely, truth, respect for life, the integrity of persons, and the conjoined ideas of generosity and justice.
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By Jokin de Irala and Matthew Hanley 256 pages | ISBN 9780935372564
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Using abundant evidence drawn from the latest scientific research, Hanley and de Irala show that the most effective method of combating AIDS is through sexual abstinence and fidelity in marriage.
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By Albert S. Moraczewski, Edward J. Furton and Peter J. Cataldo 466 pages | ISBN 978-0-935372-54-0
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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, and numerous other topics.
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By John A. Leies 285 pages | ISBN 9780935372472
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This popular classroom text appears in a revised third edition with updates on nutrition and hydration, the persistent vegetative state, stem cell research, euthanasia, important court rulings, and many other topics critical to today’s health care profession.
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By Edward J. Furton and Thomas V. Berg 362 pages | ISBN 9780935372502
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What should we do with the hundreds of thousands of frozen embryos held in fertility clinics around the world today? One solution would be adoption. Would such a course of action be moral? That is the question faced in this volume.
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By Clara Lejeune Gaymard 149 pages | ISBN 978-0-935372-59-5
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The father of modern genetics, Dr. Jérôme Lejeune discovered in 1959 the extra chromosome 21 responsible for the condition known as Down syndrome, which he called trisomy 21.
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By Edward J. Furton 343 pages | ISBN 9780935372496
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An appreciation for the papacy of John Paul II, this volume was produced shortly after his death on April 2, 2005. Two of his encyclicals come in for close examination, namely Evangelium vitae, the great essay on the good of human life, and Veritatis splendor, the Pope’s examination of act of moral judgment.
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By 280 pages | ISBN 978-0-935372-55-7
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Daniel A. Cronin’s survey of moral theology on the topic of ordinary and extraordinary means remains the standard reference work on this critically important distinction for end-of-life decision-making.
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By 900 pages | ISBN 978-0-935372-63-2
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Personalist Bioethics calls us to reflect on the intimate meaning of human existence and the social environment, going beyond any specific religious perspective and invoking human reason.
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By Edward J. Furton 218 pages | ISBN 978-0-935372-52-6
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As the largest non-profit provider of health care in the United States, the Catholic health care system often finds itself in conflict with a broader culture that does not appreciate the perennial values that gave birth to the idea of the hospital. These essays discuss the current challenges to Catholic identity and some of the moral questions that are at the root cause of that conflict.
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