Table of Contents
c o n t e n t s
Preface 1
1: About Right and Wrong 3
How Do We Know What Is Right and Wrong? [4]—The Natural Law [10]—Rights and Duties [23]—What Is a Human Conscience? [28]
2: Human Sexuality 35
A Short History [35]—Body and Soul [38]—Sexuality without Procreation [45]
3: Contraception 53
The Events Surrounding Conception [53]—When Does Human Life Begin? [55]—An Assessment of Contraception [64]—Marriage and Procreation [70]
4: Infertility 75
In Vitro Fertilization [75]—What Is Wrong with IVF? [77]
5: Abortion 83
A Conflict of Interests [83]—A Conflict of Rights [90]—Crisis Situations [97]
6: Eugenics 103
Negative Eugenics [103]—Positive Eugenics [110]—Genetic Manipulation [114]—The Overpopulation Myth [117]
7: Sex and Gender Change 127
The Biology behind It [127]—The Morality behind It [131]—Homosexuality [138]
8: Euthanasia 147
What Is a Meaningful Life? [147]—Prolonging Life [153]—Shortening Life [158]—How Dead Is Brain-Dead? [162]
9: Attempts to Undermine Morality 175
Relativism [175]—Reductionism [179]
10: A Battlefield of Good and Evil 189
11: Conclusion 193
For Further Reading 195
Index 197
