Paul Ramsey
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In this book, Ramsey addresses the moral problems of medicine, life and death and not merely to those who share his faith. Ramsey sets out with both clarity and and in detail the moral suppositions and implications of recent judgments by the courts, and especially by the Supreme Court, on abortion. A product of a lifetime of deep concern and keen thinking about the ethical, medical and legal-policy aspects of the "edges of life."
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As physicians are faced with new and wonderful options for saving lives, transplanting organs, and furthering research, they also must wrestle with new and troubling choices--who should receive scarce and vital treatment, how we determine when life ends, what limits should be placed on care for the dying, and more. This book by renowned theologian Paul Ramsey, first published thirty years ago, anticipated these moral and ethical issues and addressed...
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"The Fickle Glass is a study of the problems, techniques, meaning, and value of Shakespeare's sonnets. The book sums and clarifies the problems, defends the order of the 1609 edition, proves that Christopher Marlowe is the rival poet (if sceptical hilarity is your response to such claim, the author requests only that you read the argument with care), analyzes-- in rich detail and Elizabethan context-- meter, rhetoric, and structure, and the major...