PUBLICATIONS
- Quality of Life: The New
Medical Dilemma (New York: Paulist Press, 1990), 357 pages. (Co-edited
with Thomas A. Shannon)
·
Artificial
Nutrition & Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient: The Catholic
Debate. (Washington, D.C.:
Georgetown University Press, 2007), 272 pages.
(Co-edited with Ronald P. Hamel)
CHAPTERS
IN BOOKS
- "Response to John C.
Finnis: A Theological Critique," in Thomas G. Fuechtmann, ed., Consistent
Ethic of Life (Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, 1988), pp. 182-195.
- "The Foundation and
Formulation of Norms," in Charles E. Curran, ed., Moral Theology:
Challenges for the Future: Essays in Honor of Richard A. McCormick
(New York: Paulist Press, 1990), pp. 125-154.
- "A Response to Hubert
Doucet: 'How Theology Could Contribute to the Redemption of Bioethics:
From an Individualist Approach to an Anthropological Sensitivity,'"
in Michael Downey, ed., The Catholic Theological Society of America:
Proceedings of the Fifty-Third Annual Convention (Atlanta: Mercer
University Press, 1998), pp. 67-71.
- "Theological and Moral Problems Concerning
Human Gene Transfer," in Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann, ed., Genes the
World Over: Die Bewertung von Gentechnologie an Pflanzen und Tieren in der
Sicht verschiedener Kulturen (Loccum, Germany: Evangelische Akademie,
1998), pp. 23-36.
- "Response to Dr. Darryl Macer's paper
'The International Agenda: Environment, Cultural Diversity and Global
Dialogue,'" in Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann, ed., Genes the World
Over: Die Bewertung von Gentechnologie an Pflanzen und Tieren in der Sicht
verschiedener Kulturen (Loccum, Germany: Evangelische Akademie, 1998),
pp. 152-153.
- "The Relationship
Between Faith and Morality: The Debate Over the Uniqueness of Christian
Morality," in Mathijs Lamberigts and Leo Kenis, eds., Vatican II
and Its Legacy (Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University
Press, 2002), pp. 173-186.
- "Global Trends:
Plants, Animals, Humans--The Prospects of Developments in Genetic
Engineering," in Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann, ed., Dialog der
Kulturen (Loccum, Germany:
Evangelische Akademie, 2003), pp. 145-157.
- “Theological
Perspectives on Cancer Genetics and Gene Therapy: The Roman Catholic
Tradition.” In James J. Walter and Thomas A. Shannon, Contemporary
Issues in Bioethics: A Catholic Perspective (Lanham, MD: Sheed
& Ward, 2005).
- “A Catholic
Reflection on Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” In James J.
Walter and Thomas A. Shannon, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics: A
Catholic Perspective (Lanham, MD: Sheed
& Ward, 2005).
- “Human Germline
Therapy: Proper Human Responsibility or Playing God?” In
Ronald Cole-Turner, ed., Design and Destiny: Religious Views on Human
Germline Modification (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press,
2008), pp. 119-143.
·
“A Christian Interpretation of
Contemporary Issues in Bioethics: The Human Genome Project and the Forgoing/Withdrawal
of Medical Treatment at the End of Life.”
In An Intermediary Between
Buddhism and Bioethics, ed. Naoki Nabeshima, Malcolm David Eckel and
Yoshiyuki Inoue (Kyoto, Japan: Center for Humanities, Science,
and Religion: Ryukoku University: Hozokan Publishing Company, 2008), pp.
36-55. (Published in both English and
Japanese)
- “What Does Horizon Analysis
Bring to the Consistent Ethic of Life?
In The Consistent Ethic of Life: Assessing Its Reception and
Relevance, ed. by Thomas Nairn (New York: Orbis Press, 2008), pp. 3-15
& 173-75.
- “Human Germline
Therapy: The Intersections Between Science and the Roman Catholic
Religion.” Book chapter accepted for publication in an
English-Japanese volume and forthcoming in 2008.
- “Human Embryonic
Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Christian Perspective.” Book chapter in an English-Japanese
volume forthcoming in Summer 2008.
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
- "The Church: A Power
Structure," The American Ecclesiastical Review 169 (February,
1975): 102-117.
- "Christian Ethics:
Distinctive and Specific?," The American Ecclesiastical Review
169 (September, 1975): 470-489.
Reprinted in Charles E. Curran and Richard A. McCormick, S.J., eds., Readings
in Moral Theology No. 2: The Distinctiveness of Christian Ethics (New
York: Paulist Press, 1980), pp. 90-110.
- "Joseph Fletcher and
the Ends-Means Problematic," The Heythrop Journal 17 (January,
1976): 50-63.
- "The Dependence of
Christian Morality on Faith: A Critical Assessment," Église et
Théologie 12 (October, 1981): 237-277.
- "The Relation Between
Faith and Morality: Sources For Christian Ethics," Horizons: The
Journal of the College Theology Society 9 (Fall, 1982): 251-270.
- "Proportionate Reason
and Its Three Levels of Inquiry: Structuring the Ongoing
Debate," Louvain Studies
10 (Spring, 1984): 30-40.
Reprinted in Christopher Kaczor, ed. Proportionalism: For and Against
(Milwaukee: Marquette University
Press, 2000).
- "The Foundations of
Christian Moral Experience," Église et Théologie 16 (May, 1985):
169-183.
- "The Foundations of
the Professions and of Professional Ethics: A Critical and Constructive
Study," Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society
12 (Spring, 1985): 91-115.
- "A Public Policy
Option on the Treatment of Severely Handicapped Newborns," Laval
Théologique et Philosophique 41 (June, 1985): 239-250.
- "Food & Water: An
Ethical Burden--Withdrawing
Artificial Nutrition," Commonweal 113 (November 21, 1986): 616-619.
- "Charles Curran and
the Disputed Issues," UpTurn (October-November, 1986): 4 & 6.
- "The Meaning and
Validity of Quality of Life Judgments in Contemporary Roman Catholic
Medical Ethics," Louvain Studies
13 (Fall, 1988): 195-208.
This issue of Louvain Studies was a Festschrift celebrating the 80th
birthday of Professor Louis Janssens of the Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium.
Reprinted in James J. Walter and Thomas A. Shannon, eds., Quality of
Life: The New Medical Dilemma (New York: Paulist Press, 1990), pp. 78-88.
- "The PVS Patient and
the Forgoing/Withdrawing of Medical Nutrition and Hydration," Theological
Studies 49 (December, 1988): 623-647.
(With Thomas A. Shannon) Reprinted in James J. Walter and Thomas A.
Shannon, eds., Quality of Life: The New Medical Dilemma (New York:
Paulist Press, 1990), pp. 203-223;
and reprinted in Thomas A. Shannon, ed., Bioethics: Basic Writings on
the Key Ethical Questions That Surround the Major, Modern Biological
Possibilities and Problems, 4th Edition (New York: Paulist Press,
1993), pp. 173-198.
- "Termination of
Medical Treatment: The Setting of Moral Limits From Infancy to Old
Age," Religious Studies Review 16 (October, 1990): 302-307.
- "Presuppositions to
Moral Judgments on Human Genetic Manipulation," Chicago
Studies 33 (November 1994): 228-239. Reprinted in Paul T. Jersild,
Dale A. Johnson, Patricia Beattie Jung, and Shannon Jung, eds., Moral
Issues & Christian Response, Sixth Edition (New York: Harcourt
Brace College Publishers, 1998), pp. 345-353 and in the Seventh Edition,
2002.
- "'Playing God' or
Properly Exercising Human Responsibility?: Some Theological Reflections on
Human Germ-line Therapy," New Theology Review 10 (November
1997): 39-59. Reprinted in Timothy Shanahan & Robin Wang,
ed. Reason & Insight: Western and Eastern Perspectives on the
Pursuit of Moral Wisdom (New York:
Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2002), pp. 379-388.
- "Notes on Moral
Theology: Issues in Genetics," Theological Studies 60 (March
1999): 111-147. With Thomas A. Shannon & M. Cathleen Kaveny.
- “One Map Down … One to Go,”
Vistas 4(October 2000): 18-21.
- "Human Gene Transfer:
Some Theological Contributions to the Ethical Debate," The Linacre
Quarterly: A Journal of the Philosophy and Ethics of Medical Practice
68(November 2001): 314-334.
- “Signs of the Times:
Implications of the New Genetics,” New Theology Review 15(February
2002): 64-69.