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Medical Technological advances

sophistication

technological imperative

needs vs desires

Disease

Suffering

Aging

Death

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Becoming like gods

HOPE

Spe Salvi.

“A ‘Kingdom of God’ accomplished without God—a kingdom therefore of man alone—inevitably ends up as the ‘perverse end’ of all things” (n. 23).

Immortality

Fr. Joseph Tham, LC

jtham@legionaries.org

School of Bioethics

Regina Apostolorum

Rome

Goals of Medicine

nature

death unnatural

natural death

exploit, transform nature

CONTROL

human nature, birth and death

euthanasia

individualism

Good ending

choices

rights

self-determination

peaceful death

my decision

Is the Cost of Healthcare Sustainable? The Dilemma of Technology in Extending Lifespan

Justice?

Meaning of Technology

every disease has a cure

conquer death

control our bodies, our lives, our fate

Longer Lifespan

Technology

changing concept of life

life stages, life spans, relations

changing concept of medicine

from care to cure

changing concept of health

higher expectations, no limits

President Obama: banish words like “terminal” and “incurable” from our vocabulary

knowledge is power

will to power

power over power

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