Abortion in the Ancient World

Informationen zum Autor Konstantinos Kapparis is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Florida, USA. He has published a major commentary on the speech Against Neaira , and articles on Athenian law and constitution. Vorwort Examines the ethical dilemmas and arguments about abortion, very similar to our own, which exercised Greek and Roman doctors, philosophers, historians, theologians, dramatists, novelists and poets. Zusammenfassung This book examines the ethical dilemmas and arguments about abortion, very similar to our own, which exercised Greek and Roman doctors, philosophers, historians, theologians, dramatists, novelists and poets. In this important new study, Professor Kapparis extrapolates the views of ancient physicians on abortion from a detailed investigation of the medical facts, medical and philosophical theories concerning the human status of the unborn in antiquity, the Hippocratic Oath, and other important documents on Greek medical ethics. He explores the reasons why women in antiquity sought abortions, male concerns and attitudes towards abortion, and religious, social, cultural and demographic trends influencing the legal status of abortion in antiquity. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroduction1. Methods of Abortion: Science and Superstition2. When Does Human Life Begin?3. The Doctor’s Dilemma4. The Woman’s Point of View5. The Man’s Point of View6. Abortion and the Law7. Attitudes to Abortion: A historical PerspectiveAppendixes1. Pseudo-Galen: Whether what is carried in the womb is a living being2. Abortion, the Hippocratic Oath, and the sacred ordinances of the Philadelphia inscription (LSA20)AbbreviationsNotesSelect BibliographyIndex of Ancient AuthorsIndex of Topics

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Konstantinos Kapparis, Kapparis Konstantinos
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.06.2002
• EAN: 9780715630808
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3080-8
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 26 mm
• Serie: Duckworth Classical Essays
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, History of Medicine, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control