This book by a philosophy professor examines the moral, legal, psychological, and sociological impact of reproductive technologies from an orthodox Roman Catholic perspective. Definitions of and positions on marriage and parenthood, procreation, the family, specific assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), and surrogate motherhood are based primarily on teachings and principles contained in t...

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The borderline personality concept has evolved from a term used to describe a neuroticpsychotic borderland (Knight 1963), or an almost but-not-quite schizophrenic process (Hock and Polatin 1949), to a more precise and operationally defined syndrome (American Psychiatric Association, 1980; Gunderson 1982). Affective changes are a major and consistent clinical feature in most descriptions of bord...

Three studies (N = 1,389) investigate how attitudes toward the environment and climate change may be informed by stewardship beliefs (care for Earth as a sacred religious duty) or dominion (God-given dominance over nature). Pro-environmental measures were positively associated with belief negatively belief, moderated religiosity (Study 1). When participants read passages from Bible supporting s...