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This essay will examine the perspectives of the Latter-day Saint (LDS) tradition on issues in biomedical ethics through the organizing theme of embodiment. This is a necessary feature for understanding the relationship of religious convictions and ethical values in this faith community because the tradition offers a distinctive interpretation of the existential and ethical significance of the human body. The tradition has rejected the philosophical and religious gnosticism of the body as a prison or tomb of the soul, the Cartesian dualism of mind and body, and the organic reductionism of modern science. The LDS theology of the body instead invokes themes of the body as temple or tabernacle, as teacher, and as gift. These theological perspectives are expressed in various ethical positions and moral practices relevant to health and medicine.
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Campbell, C.S. (1993). Embodiment and Ethics: A Latter-Day Saint Perspective. In: Lustig, B.A., Brody, B.A., Engelhardt, H.T., McCullough, L.B. (eds) Bioethics Yearbook. Bioethics Yearbook, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1886-6_3
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