Ethics And AIDS: Compassion And Justice in a Global Crisis

Kenneth R Overberg

Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 - Medical - 175 pages

HIV/AIDS continues to devastate the lives of individuals and families, communities and countries. A growing numbness about HIV/AIDS, however, infects many people. Many fail to recognize that the AIDS epidemic is still getting worse, now spreading rapidly in the world's most populous countries. To help raise and renew consciousness about this threat to the world, Ethics and AIDS: Compassion and Justice in Global Crisis summarizes the basics of the AIDS epidemic and presents key themes insights based on the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. This ethical perspective is the result of decades of dialogue among Roman Catholics and other Christians, building on the strengths of the various traditions. This book offers a Christian view, with special emphasis on Roman Catholic thought; many of its ethical insights, however, can be shared by other faith traditions and by all people who desire to respond to the AIDS pandemic.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Basic Facts about HIVAIDS: 7
• Ethical Foundations: 13
• Ethics and the Beginning of Life: 35
• Ethics and Relationships: 47
• Ethics and the End of Life: 59
• Ethics and Society: 73
• Ethics and Global Structures: 105
• Creating the Future: 135
• The Mystery of God and Suffering: 147
• Preparing Now for the Hour of Death: 155
• Selected Bibliography: 157
• Index: 163
• About the Author: 175

About the author

Kenneth R. Overberg, S.J. is professor of theology at Xavier University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ethics And AIDS: Compassion And Justice in a Global Crisis; A Sheed & Ward book
• Author: Kenneth R Overberg
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006
• ISBN: 0742550133, 9780742550131
• Length: 175 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Diseases / AIDS & HIV; Medical / AIDS & HIV; Medical / Ethics; Religion / Ethics; Social Science / Sociology of Religion