On Being Human : Where Medicine, Ethics and Spirituality Converge

• Hoofdauteur: Guy Bourgeault (auth)
• Andere auteurs: René Simard (auth), Daisaku Ikeda (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Presses de l'Université de Montréal 2002
• Onderwerpen: Philosophy; medical ethics; bioethics; AIDS; sickness; cancer; right to die
• Online toegang: 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...