Religion and bioethics

Holm, Søren 2004. Religion and bioethics. Medical Ethics and Bioethics 11 (1-2) , pp. 2-5.

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Abstract

This paper discusses the role of religious arguments in public bioethical debate. It is argued that attempts to rule out religious arguments as valid contributions to the pubic debate fails for a number of reasons. There is no non-arbitrary way of dividing religious arguments from non-religious arguments, and all arguments refer ultimately to a background comprehensive worldview that is never fully consistent or coherent and which is furthermore always contested. There are thus no good arguments for treating religious arguments differently than any other type of argument.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion K Law > K Law (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	religion, bioethics, public debate, comprehensive worldviews, secular ethics, religious patient
Publisher:	Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics
ISSN:	1335-0560
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2020 04:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/50111

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