On being human : where medicine, ethics and spirituality converge / Daisaku Ikeda, Rene Simard, Guy Bourgeault.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ikeda, Daisaku, author.

Bourgeault, Guy, author.

Simard, René, author.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Health--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Health.

Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Medical ethics.

Bioethics--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Bioethics.

Buddhism--Doctrines.

Buddhism.

AIDS (Disease)--Research.

AIDS (Disease).

Cancer--Research.

Cancer.

Sick--Legal status, laws, etc.

Sick.

Right to die.

Euthanasia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Place of Publication:

Presses de l'Université de Montréal 2002

Montreal, [Quebec Province] : Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 2002.

Language Note:

English

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:

Foreword

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE: CANCER AND AIDS

1. Cancer Past and Present

2. Prevention and Treatment

3. Cancer and Disclosure: The Doctor-Patient Bond

4. AIDS Menace and Countermeasures

5. AIDS and Human Rights

6. Cloning and the Value of Life

CHAPTER TWO: HEALTH AND HARMONY

1. The Nature of Health

2. Health and Illness

3. Harmony with the Environment

4. Obsession with Perpetual Youth

5. Overcoming Stress

6. Coping with Mental Illness

7. The Ideal Life

CHAPTER THREE: BIOETHICS

1. Religion and Medical Ethics

2. Definition of Death

3. Brain Death

4. Death with Dignity: Overcoming the Suffering of Death

5. Confronting Death

6. Birth

7. Procreation Technology

CHAPTER FOUR: EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND BIRTH OF HUMANITY

1. Origin of Life

2. Theories of Biological Evolution

3. Birth of Humankind

4. Diverse Views

CHAPTER FIVE: DAWN OF THE CENTURY OF LIFE

1. Pathology of our Time

2. Goals of Education

3. Mission of the University

4. Ethical Aspects of Technoscientific Development

5. Century of Life

Postscript.

Notes:

Translation of: Kenko to jinsei.

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ISBN:

9791036513862

9782760623774

2760623777

OCLC:

923768712