Religion and the secularization of bioethics

Hastings Cent Rep. 1990 Jul-Aug;20(4):S2-4.

Abstract

Daniel Callahan, in an autobiographical reflection, describes how the unfolding secularization of bioethics has culminated in a speculative and linguistic narrowness. The pluralism we celebrate as a moral achievement may become oppressive if it is not open to the insights of particular traditions and communities.

MeSH terms

  • Advisory Committees
  • Altruism
  • Beneficence
  • Bioethical Issues
  • Bioethics*
  • Cultural Diversity*
  • Ethical Theory
  • Ethicists
  • Ethics
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Freedom
  • History*
  • Human Rights
  • Humans
  • Interdisciplinary Communication*
  • Interprofessional Relations*
  • Jurisprudence
  • Medicine*
  • Morals
  • Personal Autonomy
  • Philosophy*
  • Public Policy
  • Religion*
  • Social Justice
  • Social Values*
  • Social Welfare
  • Theology*
  • United States