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TT17 St Cross Special Ethics Seminar: John Paris
What is the historical meaning of “ordinary means” to sustain human life? And what has been the understanding for over 500 years of Catholic moral analysis of the obligation to sustain life?
Is it, as Pope John Paul II insisted in an allocution to a meeting of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life in March, 2000 that food and water must always be provided for patients in a persistent vegetative condition (PVS). Artificial nutrition and fluids, he writes, are not medical measure, but “natural” and therefor are “ordinary means” that are always morally required.”
PVS is a state of permanent unconsciousness. The record for maintaining a patient in that condition is 37 years, 111 days.
Date:
18 May 2017, 17:30
Venue:
St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details:
St Cross Room
Speaker:
Dr. John J. Paris (Boston College)
Organising department:
Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://bookwhen.com/uehiro
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Mario Baptiste
