Trish P

Well written book that is also very-well read.

Revisado: 10-04-21

Review of narration: If Charles Camosy ever gets tired of doing what he does for a living - and at which he is very good - he could have a second career in book narration! With a voice for radio, and a cadence that lets you feel like you are hearing, and involved in, the story [rather than "being read to"], Camosy manages to convey his arguments and points with the proper emphasis and nuance so that the listener is easily able to follow every chapter and sub-chapter, even when there are complexities and multiple subjects and references. There is a lot of information in this book, and some of the topics have a density to them that require careful attention. Camosy's narration of his own work makes it easy, however. You may find yourself rewinding, but it won't be because you got lost or couldn't follow the argument; it will be just to re-listen to some of the jaw dropping statements of the interlocutors of his work.

Review of book itself: We are not disposable - we have dignity and worth. Secularized medicine says otherwise. In Losing Our Dignity: How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality, Charles Camosy plows headfirst into the line of scrimmage that is modern - and secularized - medicine, and its concomitant framework of bioethics, and advances the ball up the field. With strength of scholarship and gift of articulating and writing a coherent and cogent argument, Camosy lays out the indisputable theological foundations of medicine and an ethic of care; demonstrates how secularization of medicine and ethics has destroyed its own guiding principles; and then deconstructs the value system that has arisen in place of those principles. Proverbial and somewhat prophetic, Camosy has long been engaged with the broader Consistent Life Ethic and attention to a throwaway culture. Using relevant and still-shocking case studies, this latest endeavor of his continues his sounding of the cultural alarm for the downward trends in respect for human dignity, respect for human life, and respect for fundamental human equality. It is an essential read (or listen!) for everyone, for we all have a stake in how the secularization of medicine will affect the care of our loved ones, and of ourselves. Further, it is an essential resource for Catholics, and others of good will, so as to advocate on behalf of the [growing] number of categories of people whom modern society deems disposable.

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