The strength of this collection of essays is its careful consideration, from a variety of perspectives within the Catholic tradition, of the practice of embryo adoption. It approaches the question in an open and reasonable way by allowing proponents of diverse positions within the tradition. This method both sheds a great deal of light on the particular question and at the same time introduces the reader to the relevant general principles that guide Catholic moral thought.

InhaltsangabePART ONE: The Morality of Embryo Adoption; Introduction: The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition-Sarah-Vaughan Brakman and Darlene Fozard Weaver; Arguments against; Heterologous Embryo Transfer: Metaphor and Morality-William E. Stempsey; Human Embryo Transfer and the Theology of the Body-Catherine Althaus; On the Moral Objectionablity of Embryo Adoption-Tadeusz Pacholczyk; Arguments for; Could Human Embryo Transfer Be Intrinsically Immoral?- Christopher O. Tollefsen; Ethical Considerations in Defense of Embryo Adoption-Brandon P. Brown and Jason T. Eberl; Stewards of Each Other: Catholic Social Thought and the Ethics of Embryo Adoption-Sarah-Vaughan Brakman. PART TWO: The Debate Engaged; Embryo Adoption Theologically Considered: Bodies, Adoption, and the Common Good-Darlene Fozard Weaver; From Rescuing Frozen Embryos to Respecting the Limits of Nature: Reframing the Embryo Adoption Debate- Paul Lauritzen; Embryo 'Adoption?' An Egalitarian Perspective-Mary Mahowald; A Protestant View: Catholic Debates and Embryo Adoption-Eric Gregory. PART THREE: Morality in the Practice; Development of The National Embryo Donation Cente-Jeffrey Keenan; An Embryo Aoptive Father's Perspective- John Stanmeyer; An Embryo Adoptive Mother's Perspective- Suzanne Stanmeyer; Ethical and Religious Directives for a Catholic Embryo Adoption Agency: A Thought Experiment-John Berkman and Kristen N. Carey; Embryo Adoption and the Law-Elizabeth Cason Crosby Cheely; Artificial Wombs and Embryo Adoption-Christopher Kaczor; Notes on Contributors; Index.

PART ONE: The Morality of Embryo Adoption; Introduction: The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition-Sarah-Vaughan Brakman and Darlene Fozard Weaver; Arguments against; Heterologous Embryo Transfer: Metaphor and Morality-William E. Stempsey; Human Embryo Transfer and the Theology of the Body-Catherine Althaus; On the Moral Objectionablity of Embryo Adoption-Tadeusz Pacholczyk; Arguments for; Could Human Embryo Transfer Be Intrinsically Immoral?- Christopher O. Tollefsen; Ethical Considerations in Defense of Embryo Adoption-Brandon P. Brown and Jason T. Eberl; Stewards of Each Other: Catholic Social Thought and the Ethics of Embryo Adoption-Sarah-Vaughan Brakman. PART TWO: The Debate Engaged; Embryo Adoption Theologically Considered: Bodies, Adoption, and the Common Good-Darlene Fozard Weaver; From Rescuing Frozen Embryos to Respecting the Limits of Nature: Reframing the Embryo Adoption Debate- Paul Lauritzen; Embryo a¿¿Adoption?¿ An Egalitarian Perspective-Mary Mahowald; A Protestant View: Catholic Debates and Embryo Adoption-Eric Gregory. PART THREE: Morality in the Practice; Development of The National Embryo Donation Cente-Jeffrey Keenan; An Embryo Aoptive Father¿s Perspective- John Stanmeyer; An Embryo Adoptive Mother¿s Perspective- Suzanne Stanmeyer; Ethical and Religious Directives for a Catholic Embryo Adoption Agency: A Thought Experiment-John Berkman and Kristen N. Carey; Embryo Adoption and the Law-Elizabeth Cason Crosby Cheely; Artificial Wombs and Embryo Adoption-Christopher Kaczor; Notes on Contributors; Index.