Islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = Bioetika Islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat
Pain medication is one of the responses to the mercy argument that utilitarian ethicists use for justifying active euthanasia, on the grounds of prevention of cruelty and appeal to beneficence. The researcher reinforces the significance of pain medication in meeting this challenge and consider...
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| Language: | English |
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International Islamic University Malaysia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/27006/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27006/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27006/1/Islamic_and_Catholic_Bioethics_of_Pain_Medication.pdf |
| Summary: | Pain medication is one of the responses to the mercy argument that utilitarian
ethicists use for justifying active euthanasia, on the grounds of prevention of
cruelty and appeal to beneficence. The researcher reinforces the significance of
pain medication in meeting this challenge and considers it the most preferred
response among various other responses. It is because of its realism and effectiveness. In exploring the mechanism and considerations related to pain medication, the researcher briefly touches the Catholic ethical position on the issue, a
position that cannot be ignored in the development of contemporary Western
bioethics. The researcher particularly deliberates on the contemporary Islamic
discourse on the issue, furthering the debate in line with the Islamic legal maxims and general guidance from the primary sources of Islamic law and ethics.
The resolution on the issue is sought by synthesizing the views and legal maxims (‘al-qaw�‘id al-fiqh�yyah) on the issue, which in conclusion provide justification for pain medication by considerably regarding pain as “necessity” and
“pressing need”. However, such resolution allows pain medication to the limit
and proportion that removes the pain and prohibits overdosing the patient with
medication that may directly cause the death. |
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