Richard Harries was Bishop of Oxford from 1987-2006. On his retirement he was made a Life Peer. A member of the H.F.E.A. he was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics from 2002-8, and is an Honorary Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences and the Institute of Biology.

This book, by a major author in this area, throws light on key Life and Death issues such as fertility research and treatment, and assisted suicide. Richard Harries, as a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority from 2003-9, and chair of its Ethics and Law Advisory Committee, has been at the heart of thinking about issues include cloning, human-animal hybrids and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. He shows that the Western Christian tradition is compatible with work in this area. In the House of Lords he was involved in debates on euthanasia, and is critical of much current thinking on the subject.

Richard Harries

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Dedication

Preface

1. THE BEGINNING OF LIFE

2. ABORTION

3. THE END OF LIFE

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Harries, Richard

__This book, by a major author in this area, throws light on key Life and Death issues such as fertility research and treatment, and assisted suicide.__

Richard Harries, as a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority from 2003-9, and chair of its Ethics and Law Advisory Committee, has been at the heart of thinking about issues include cloning, human-animal hybrids and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.

He shows that the Western Christian tradition is compatible with work in this area.

In the House of Lords he was involved in debates on euthanasia, and is critical of much current thinking on the subject.

Richard Harries has been at the heart of thinking about issues include cloning, human-animal hybrids and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. He shows that the Western Christian tradition is compatible with work in this area.

Is it ethical to manufacture designer babies or experiment on human embryos? Is abortion morally justifiable as well as legally acceptable? Do terminally ill people have the right to choose when to end their lives? Sinse the birth of the first baby through in vitro fertilization just over thirty years ago, scientific advances in this field have been startling. Developments associated with cloning, human-animal hybrids and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis - so disturbing for many people - raise a crucial question about the moral status of the very early embryo. And, just as much as arguements about the right to interfere with the beginning of human life, the debate about the individual's right to choose when to die also provokes strong emotional responses.

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Richard Harries, the former Bishop of Oxford, offers a Christian viewpoint on both the beginnings of life and its ending by looking at the current medical interventions available on both fronts. From his involvement on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics he is able to offer an informed position on the latest developments on the various forms of fertility treatments available including IVF as well as other scientific advances. The book which is in three parts looks at the beginnings of life, abortion, and the end of life and examines the case for each ending with an examination of assisted dying and euthanasia.   
A thought provoking and important book which may well influence the Christian attitude to these life changing conditions.

Questions of Life and Death

Christian Faith and Medical Intervention

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