On Being Human : Where Medicine, Ethics and Spirituality Converge

• Autor principal: Guy Bourgeault (auth)
• Outros Autores: René Simard (auth), Daisaku Ikeda (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Presses de l'Université de Montréal 2002
• Assuntos: Philosophy; medical ethics; bioethics; AIDS; sickness; cancer; right to die
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

At first glance, Western humanism, Japanese Buddhism and modern science have so little in common that the very idea of seeking common ground through dialogue seems overly idealistic. Only a man the calibre of Daisaku Ikeda could bring such a project to fruition. Firmly setting aside cliché and faci...