PHI 413V Topic 3 Assignment; Case Study on Biomedical Ethics in the Christian Narrative - Healing and Autonomy
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Being Christian, one must essentially balance both spiritual and physical life. When a person, specifically a Christian, puts their faith and belief in God it profoundly impacts their quality of life. This is shown in their daily life, especially in their acceptance of all things. The biggest challenge, or challenging question, Christians often face is, ‘Why does God allow illness without providing the cure?’ Being faced with a health issue can put one’s faith and belief to the ultimate test and remaining true to God during this time can be challenging in and of itself. The following analysis of the Healing and Autonomy Case Study will look at the Christian Narrative and the Christian Vision along with biomedical ethics in response to the pressing issues of respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice. “For every bioethical question, one must seek to act according to these principles. For each case there will be details, circumstances, and factors that must be taken into account” (Lecture 3, 2015).
Four Principles of Bioethics
“Principlism is often referred to as the ‘four-principle approach’ because of its view that there are four ethical principles that are the framework of bioethics. These four principles are the following, as spelled out by Tom L. Beauchamp and David DeGrazia (2004), to have respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice” (Grand Canyon University, 2015). To know which issues are considered most pressing in this Case Study we must first understand each of the four basic principles.......... Continue
