On Being Human : Where Medicine, Ethics and Spirituality Converge

• Main Author: Guy Bourgeault (auth)
• Other Authors: René Simard (auth), Daisaku Ikeda (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Presses de l'Université de Montréal 2002
• Subjects: Philosophy; medical ethics; bioethics; AIDS; sickness; cancer; right to die
• Online Access: 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...