On Being Human : Where Medicine, Ethics and Spirituality Converge

• Auteur principal: Guy Bourgeault (auth)
• Autres auteurs: René Simard (auth), Daisaku Ikeda (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Presses de l'Université de Montréal 2002
• Sujets: Philosophy; medical ethics; bioethics; AIDS; sickness; cancer; right to die
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Résumé

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 facile answers, he broaches the grand questions that face today's society: cancer, AIDS, death with dignity, in vitro fertilization, biomedical ethics... The responses offered by René Simard, molecular biologist and geneticist, and Guy Bourgeault, bioethicist, are insightful and compelling. Their discussions cut through linguistic and cultural barriers to present a vision of the potential - an the inherent challenges - of being human.

ISBN

books.pum.14901
9791036513862

Accès

Open Access