I’m sad to say that classical ethics is not a very high priority in the curriculum of most medical schools today. Medical Ethics is mostly relegated to the subject of “How not to get sued.”
It seems like a cliché to say that our technological abilities have certainly outstripped our moral thinking. Morality is like the sophisticated navigational system on a very powerful missile. You can have lots of power (thrust) but if you can’t direct it, there can be a lot of needless damage.
Only humans have the capacity for Agape. Agape applies the strength of “unconditional love” even in very complex problems. It is based in the very nature of God Himself. It recognizes the intrinsic value of human beings. That value comes not from a person’s ability to be productive; on the contrary, it comes because God invests value in us.
We are not loved by God because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.
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