Suffering and bioethics / edited by Ronald M. Green and Nathan J. Palpant.

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

xviii, 482 pages ; 25 cm

Suffering and human dignity / Eric Cassell -- Understanding suffering / Barry Hoffmaster -- Paying homage to the silence of suffering / Susan and Gordon Marino -- Suffering, and the promise of a world without pain / Joseph Amato -- Social neuroscience meets philosophy : suffering, empathy, and moral cognition / Jean Decety -- The biology of suffering / Daniel Krashin, Natalia Murinova, Catherine Q. Howe, and Jane Ballantyne -- What is suffering and what sorts of beings can suffer? / David Degrazia -- Individual and social callousness toward human suffering / Daniel B. Hinshaw, Peter D. Jacobson, and Marisa P. Weisel -- Human rights and the moral obligation to alleviate suffering / Roberto Andorno and Cristiana Baffone -- Exploring interactions between suffering and the law / Margaret Somerville -- Suffering : a catholic theological-ethical view / Lisa Cahill -- The Orthodox Christian view of suffering / H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. -- Redemptive suffering redeemed : a protestant view of suffering / Karen Lebacqz -- Suffering : reflections from the Jewish tradition / Laurie Zoloth -- Human suffering through illness in the context of Islamic bioethics / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- Endure, adapt, or overcome? the concept of "suffering" in Buddhist bioethics / Jens Schlieter -- Human suffering and the limits of secular bioethics / Mark Cherry -- Reproductive technology in suffering's shadow / Paul Lauritzen -- Genomic information and suffering in the genomic era / Roberta Berry -- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and the prevention of suffering / Mary Anderlik Majumder -- Suffering and ethics in an age of empowerment / Nathan J. Palpant -- The evil of suffering / Ronald M. Green.

Includes bibliographical references and index.