{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-procreation-and-martin-rhonheimer-9780813217222","title":"The Ethics of Procreation and the Defense of Human Life: Contraception, Artificial Fertilization, and Abortion","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the renewal of Thomistic ethics encouraged by key moral encyclicals including \u003ci\u003eHumanae Vitae, Veritatis Splendor, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvangelium Vitae, \u003c\/i\u003e Swiss philosopher Martin Rhonheimer revisits some of the most difficult questions regarding the ethics of procreation and human life. The book offers a rigorous argument on the contested question of contraception and related matters, and similarly engages disputed questions surrounding abortion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Rhonheimer's characteristic circumspection and rigor, his discussion of sexual ethics provides compelling argumentation in support of Catholic teaching against contraception. He applies this analysis to the related case of using contraceptives under the threat of rape. Rhonheimer agrees with trusted Catholic moralists, who from the early 1960s to the present have concluded that such use would be licit. He shows, moreover, both the flaws in alternative analyses and how the same conclusions can be reached in a defensible manner while upholding the teachings of \u003ci\u003eHumanae Vitae\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVeritatis Splendor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRhonheimer applies his philosophical acumen to another set of difficult moral questions about contemporary threats to the sanctity of human life, including artificial reproduction and abortion. Regarding artificial reproduction, his treatment further illustrates both the fecundity of his application of Thomistic virtue and action analysis and his insistence on the moral link between sex and procreation. Finally, he not only provides a rigorous rebuttal of some of the leading arguments justifying abortion, but offers readers an example of his writings in political philosophy through a profound reflection on the defense of human life in a constitutional democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR AND EDITOR: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Rhonheimer is professor of ethics and political philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. His publications include a dozen books, several of which have been translated into multiple languages. \u003ci\u003eEthics of Procreation and the Defense of Human Life\u003c\/i\u003e was brought into English by William F. Murphy Jr., associate professor of moral theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum and editor of the \u003ci\u003eJosephinum Journal of Theology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THE BOOK: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Martin Rhonheimer has been a key voice in the revival of natural law theorizing and casuistry in recent decades. His work is triply important for this revival. . . . [An] important and rewarding book.\" --Christopher Tollefsen, \u003ci\u003eThomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Rhonheimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813217229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813217222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholic University of America Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Martin Rhonheimer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086907945215,"sku":"9780813217222","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35299620-3a6d-4ecc-a6c9-07e42f95a788.jpg?v=1769097260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ethics-of-procreation-and-martin-rhonheimer-9780813217222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}