William E. May
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William E. May was an American theologian who was the Michael J. McGivney Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC where he taught from 1991 to 2008.
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Published Works
- Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life (2000) (62)
- The Moral Status of the Embryo (1992) (50)
- “Every Marital Act Ought to be Open to New Life”: Toward a Clearer Understanding (2017) (41)
- An Introduction to Moral Theology (1994) (34)
- Production of pluripotent stem cells by oocyte-assisted reprogramming: joint statement with signatories. (2005) (21)
- Consensus or coercion. (1985) (19)
- Sharing in Christ's virtues : for a renewal of moral theology in light of Veritatis splendor (2001) (17)
- On ethics and advocacy. (1986) (16)
- On "rescuing" frozen embryos: why the decision to do so is moral. (2005) (13)
- Criteria for Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment (1990) (12)
- Aquinas and Janssens on the Moral Meaning of Human Acts (2017) (10)
- Moral Absolutes: Catholic Tradition, Current Trends, and the Truth (1989) (7)
- Nutritional sensory neuronopathy. An emerging new syndrome. (1984) (7)
- Symposium on religious law: Roman Catholic, Islamic, and Jewish treatment of familial issues, including education, abortion, in vitro fertilization, prenuptial agreements, contraception, and marital fraud. (1993) (7)
- The Simple Case of in Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer (1988) (5)
- An end to the debate? (2004) (5)
- The sanctity of life seduced: a symposium on medical ethics. (1994) (5)
- The embryo rescue debate. (2004) (5)
- Comment On: Nutrition and Hydration: Moral Considerations a Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania (1992) (5)
- Euthanasia, benemortasia, and the dying. (1974) (4)
- The Sacredness of Life: An Overview of the Beginning (1996) (3)
- On the Impossibility of Same-Sex Marriage: A Review of Catholic Teaching (2004) (3)
- Proxy Consent for Nontherapeutic Experimentation (2007) (3)
- John Paul II's Encyclical Veritatis Splendor and Bioethics (2004) (3)
- Caring for Persons in the “Persistent Vegetative State” and Pope John Paul II’s March 20, 2004 Address “On Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State” (2010) (3)
- What Makes A Human Being To Be A Being of Moral Worth? (1976) (3)
- Proxy consent to human experimentation. (1976) (2)
- [Book Review of] Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation , by John Keown (2004) (2)
- Caring for persons in the persistent vegetative state and Pope John Paul II’s March 20, 2004 address on life-sustaining treatments and the vegetative state (2005) (2)
- "Jodie" and "Mary": separating the Maltese twins. (2001) (2)
- The morality of abortion. (1974) (1)
- Paul Ramsey: In Memoriam (1988) (1)
- Life Issues, Medical Choices: Questions and Answers for Catholics by Janet E. Smith and Christopher Kaczor (2010) (1)
- Human Existence, Medicine, and Ethics: Reflections on Human Life (1977) (1)
- Moral Theology after Humanae vitae: Fundamental Issues in Moral Theory and Sexual Ethics by D. Vincent Twomey, SVD (2011) (1)
- "Begotten, not made": further reflections on the laboratory generation of human life. (1986) (1)
- Making health care decisions for others. (1997) (1)
- Pope John Paul II and Bioethics: Bodily life as integral to the human person (2008) (1)
- Is There a “Right” to Die? (1993) (1)
- Martin Rhonheimer and Some Disputed Issues in Medical Ethics: Masturbation, Condoms, Craniotomies, and Tubal Pregnancies * (2010) (1)
- The battle for the Catholic mind : Catholic faith and Catholic intellect in the work of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, 1978-95 (2001) (1)
- Ethics and Human Identity: The Challenge of the New Biology (1976) (1)
- The Splendor of Accuracy: How Accurate? (2017) (1)
- (Book Review of ) Th e Courage To Fail: A Social View of Organ Transplants and Dialysis, By Renee C. Fox (1976) (1)
- Meeting ethical dilemmas in health care: some basic criteria. (1982) (1)
- Bioethics: A Primer for Christians Second edition by Gilbert Meilaender (2010) (1)
- The Vatican Declaration on Sexual Ethics and the Moral Methodology of Vatican Council II (1985) (1)
- [Book Review of] Living the Good Life: What Every Catholic Needs to Know About Moral Issues , by Mark Lowery (2004) (0)
- Roman Catholic Ethics and Beneficence (1982) (0)
- Arthur J. Dyck. When Killing Is Wrong: Physician-assisted Suicide and the Courts (2001) (0)
- Harvey's 'The Truth about Homosexuality.' (Response to Review by Gerald Coleman of John F. Harvey's Book, in Theological Studies, Vol. 58, P. 398, 1997; Includes Coleman's Reply) (1997) (0)
- Changing the Hearts and Minds of those Embracing the Culture of Death a Suggested Strategy (2010) (0)
- John Paul II’s Moral Theology on Trial: A Reply to Charles E. Curran (2017) (0)
- On "Rights," "Liberties," and the Debate Over Public Policy on Abortion and Euthanasia (2002) (0)
- Watt, Helen. Life and Death in Healthcare Ethics: A Short Introduction (2001) (0)
- Abortion, Catholic teaching, and public policy. (1985) (0)
- How Are We To Make Good Moral Choices and Do What Is Morally Good? (2015) (0)
- Health Care Ethics: A Catholic Theological Analysis, 5th edition, by Benedict M. Ashley, O.P., Jean K. deBlois, C.S.J., and Kevin D. O’Rourke, O.P. (2007) (0)
- [Book Review of] Sexual Morality: A Catholic Perspective by Philip S. Keane, S.S. (1978) (0)
- Book Review: Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument against Legalisation (2004) (0)
- Book Review: Agape: An Ethical Analysis (1973) (0)
- The role of work in fulfilling the right to integral human development: A roman catholic theological perspective (1977) (0)
- [Book Review of] A Critique of the New Natural Law Theory , by Russell Hittinger (1988) (0)
- Book Review: Principles for a Catholic Morality (1994) (0)
- Free Choice, Human Identity, and the Unity of the Moral and Spiritual Life (2008) (0)
- Book Review: A Critique of the New Natural Law Theory (1988) (0)
- The Theology of the Body Made Simple, by Rev. Anthony Percy, with a foreword by Kenneth Schmitz (2006) (0)
- Recent Moral Theology: Servais Pinckaers and Benedict Ashley (2017) (0)
- Moral Reasoning by R. W. Beardsmore (review) (2017) (0)
- Death by Choice. By Daniel Maguire. New York: Doubleday and Co., 1974. 224 pages. $6.95. (1975) (0)
- Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later by Janet Smith (review) (2017) (0)
- Evangelium Vitae 73 and the problem of the lesser evil. (2002) (0)
- Human Life: Some Moral Issues by John F. Dedek (review) (2017) (0)
- Dyck, Arthur J. Life’s Worth: The Case against Assisted Suicide (2003) (0)
- The Misinterpretation of John Paul II’s Teaching in Evangelium vitae n. 73 (2006) (0)
- Book Review of Death by Choice by Daniel C. Maguire (1974) (0)
- Ronald D. Lawler, O.F.M. CAP.: A saintly priest, dedicated scholar, superb friend (2004) (0)
- Can Ethics be Contradictory?: A Response to Gerard J. Hughes, S. J. (1989) (0)
- Human Dignity and Reproductive Technology (2003) (0)
- Setting the Record Straight (1997) (0)
- An Introduction to Bioethics, fourth edition by Thomas A. Shannon and Nicholas J. Kockler (2010) (0)
- 'Humanae Vitae,' Natural Law, and Catholic Moral Thought (1989) (0)
- Kass, Leon R., M.D. Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics (2003) (0)
- Catholicism and Modernity. Four Perspectives - III (1986) (0)
- [Book Review of] The Abortion Holocaust: Today's Final Solution , by William C. Brennan (1983) (0)
- Book Review: Living the Good Life: What Every Catholic Needs to Know about Moral Issues (2004) (0)
- Bioethics, Law, and Human Life Issues: A Catholic Perspective on Marriage, Family, Contraception, Abortion, Reproductive Technology, Death and Dying by D. Brian Scarnecchia (2013) (0)
- The Social Mission of the U.S. Catholic Church: A Theological Perspective by Charles E. Curran (review) (2017) (0)
- Animal Laborans and Homo Faber: Reflections on a Theology of Work (2017) (0)
- Los actos intrínsecamente malos y la enseñanza de la encíclica «Veritatis Splendor» (2018) (0)
- Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics by Margaret A. Farley (2008) (0)
- The Sexual Language: An Essay in Moral Theology . By André Guindon. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1976. 476 pp. (1978) (0)
- [Book Review of] Death by Choice , by Daniel Maguire: Further Comments (1974) (0)
- Theologies of the Body: Humanist and Christian by Benedict Ashley, O.P. (review) (2017) (0)
- Book Review: Abortion and Catholicism: The American Debate (1991) (0)
- [Book Review of] The Courage To Fail: A Social View of Organ Transplants and Dialysis , By Renee C. Fox and Judith P. Swazey (1976) (0)
- Fertility Awareness and Sexuality (1979) (0)
- Debating Euthanasia by Emily Jackson and John Keown (2012) (0)
- The Call to Holiness and Health Care as Service (1997) (0)
- Chapter 1 of Austriaco's Biomedicine and Beatitude: Four Crucial Issues (2013) (0)
- The Search for Human Values: Moral Growth in an Evolving World by Cornelius J. van der Poel, C. S. (review) (2017) (0)
- History of Christian Ethics, Vol. 1: From the New Testament to Augustine. By Forell George Wolfgang. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1979. 247 pages. $12.50. (1981) (0)
- Book Review: The Ethics of Abortion: Women's Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice (2012) (0)
- Natural family planning: Father Bernard Häring's position: An essay review (1979) (0)
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