Concepts
The imago Dei
What is the image of God?
Why does Schmidly say using Bible verses to justify a pro-life or pro-choice position is insufficient?
Because the Bible doesn't clearly say "abortion is wrong/right," but rather, we have to make a few different theological moves to get there.
Why does personhood matter in medicine/bioethics?
Because we are not mere genes/anatomy
Why is there concern over QUALY being an ableist metric?
They asked nondisabled individuals to rate how they would view life with x, y, z conditions.
ART
What is assisted reproductive technology
Why might CRISPR usher in chapter 2 of the eugenics story?
Because we will seek to eradicate disabled/diseased communities that don't want to be eradicated in the name of creating a "healthier" human species.
"Natural parents"
The biologic contributors of an embryo
How does Daly connect public health and virtue ethics?
Virtue ethics is all about creating healthy habits leading to good character; we can use a virtue approach to address health issues related to vice/extremeism and create "structures of virtue"
Spirituality
What is the experience of meaning in life through
the connectedness with a transcendent reality?
Based on what she saw in an abortion clinic and the image she saw of a woman who died trying to perform an abortion, she said that even though MAID is a huge weight and responsibility, her patients would do it themselves and make it even harder for themselves and/or family; she sees it as part of her professional role to alleviate intractable suffering.