ABSTRACT

First published in 2004. Religious Perspectives in Bioethics surveys recent bioethics discussion in thirteen religious traditions. Christian contributions include chapters on Roman Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, the Episcopal, German Protestant, and Baptist traditions, Reformed Christianity, and the Latter Day Saints. The volume also includes chapters on Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Daoism.

chapter |10 pages

Orthodox Christian Bioethics

Medical Morality in the Mind of the Fathers

chapter |26 pages

Gospel Truth and Societal Consensus

Recent Bioethics Statements by the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD)

chapter |22 pages

Authority and Agency

Policies and Principles in Latter-day Saints Bioethics

chapter |11 pages

Daoism and Bioethics

Daode Jin's Doctrine of Naturalness and the Principle of Non-Action