The Social Context of Religion in the Jurisdictions of Bioethics

by John H. Evans, Ph.D. In this issue [of The American Journal of Bioethics], McCarthy, Homan and Rozier (henceforth MHR) make the case for re-stablishing the relationship between theological and secular bioethics. I find MHR to be quite informative and find little with which to disagree. As historians of bioethics note, theology was central to the earlier days of American bioethics but is no longer. Before we assess whether the relationship between theological and secular bioethics can be reestablished, we need to know why it was dis-established.…
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