https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2006.360

La proporzionalità delle cure negli scritti di Gerald A. Kelly, s.j.

Vol. 55 No. 2 (2006)
Published: April 30, 2006
Mezzi ordinari e straordinari, proporzionalità delle cure, assistenza al morente, dovere di conservazione della vita / Ordinary and extraordinary means, proportionality of therapies, care of dying person, duty to preserve life
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Maurizio Calipari
mauriziocalipari@tin.it
Officiale della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita; Dottorato in Teologia Morale conseguito presso l'Accademia Alfonsiana, Roma, Italy.
Il tema della proporzionalità delle terapie e dei mezzi di sostegno vitale è sicuramente uno degli argomenti più vivi ed attuali nel dibattito bioetico. Tra gli autori che più specificamente si sono occupati di questa problematica vi è il Gesuita Gerald A. Kelly, teologo moralista statunitense, che negli anni 50' ha prodotto diversi lavori sul tema. Il presente contributo, articolato in due parti, dapprima si sofferma ad esporre il contenuto dei principali scritti di Padre Kelly circa la proporzionalità delle cure, evidenziandone in particolare gli elementi di maggiore novità; nella seconda parte, invece, viene presentata un'analisi critica dei contenuti precedentemente esposti, soprattutto in riferimento ad alcuni passaggi "problematici" presenti negli scritti di Kelly. Alla luce di quanto trattato in questo articolo, risulta chiaro come gli studi di Padre Kelly possano rappresentare, ancora oggi, un valido punto di riferimento per una approfondita e maggiormente elaborata riflessione sull'ampio tema della proporzionalità delle cure.
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The issue of proportionality of therapies and of life-sustaining means is surely one of the core arguments into the present bioethical debate. Amongst the authors interested in this problems there is the Jesuit Gerald A. Kelly, American moral theologian, who produced a lot of works on this issue, in 50's of XX century. This article, divided into two parts, shows first the content of the principal Fr. Kelly's writings on proportionality of therapies, pointing out particularly the elements of main originality, and then presents a critical analysis of the content previously exposed, above all referring to some "problematic" passages present in Kelly's writings. In the light of what this article shoes, it's clear how Fr. Kelly's works can represent, even today, a valid benchmark for a deeper and a more elaborated reflection on the wide issue of proportionality of therapies.

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Calipari, M. (2006). La proporzionalità delle cure negli scritti di Gerald A. Kelly, s.j. Medicina E Morale, 55(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2006.360

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