On Being Human : Where Medicine, Ethics and Spirituality Converge / Daisak Ikeda, René Simard, Guy Bourgeault.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ikeda, Daisaku, author.

Simard, René, author.

Bourgeault, Guy, 1933- author.

Series:

Thématique Sciences sociales

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Doctrines.

Buddhism.

Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Medical ethics.

Health--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages).

Other Title:

On Being Human

Place of Publication:

Montréal : Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2002.

Summary:

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 facile answers, he broaches the grand questions that face today's society: cancer, AIDS, death with dignity, in vitro fertilization, biomedical ethics ... The responses offered by René Simard, molecular biologist and geneticist, and Guy Bourgeault, bioethicist, are insightful and compelling. Their discussions cut through linguistic and cultural barriers to present a vision of the potential - an the inherent challenges - of being human.

Contents:

Cancer and aids

Health and harmony

Bioethics

Evolution of life and birth of humanity

Dawn of the century of life.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.