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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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Main Author: Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
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Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2012
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BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
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spelling my.iium.irep.270062012-11-21T02:56:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27006/ Islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = Bioetika Islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat Malik, Mohammad Manzoor BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc 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. International Islamic University Malaysia 2012-06 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27006/1/Islamic_and_Catholic_Bioethics_of_Pain_Medication.pdf Malik, Mohammad Manzoor (2012) Islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = Bioetika Islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat. Journal of Islam in Asia, 9 (1). pp. 213-227. ISSN 1823-0970 http://www.iium.edu.my/jiasia/ojs-2.2/index.php/Islam/article/view/335/167
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topic BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
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Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
Islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = Bioetika Islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat
description 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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author Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
author_facet Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
author_sort Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
title Islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = Bioetika Islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat
title_short Islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = Bioetika Islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat
title_full Islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = Bioetika Islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat
title_fullStr Islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = Bioetika Islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat
title_full_unstemmed Islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = Bioetika Islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat
title_sort islamic and catholic bioethics of pain medication: a response to mercy argument = bioetika islam dan katolik pain medication: respons kepada perdebatan rahmat
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2012
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