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Secular Bioethics in Theological Perspective (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
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Secular Bioethics in Theological Perspective (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
Series: Theology and Medicine, 8
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Theologians and theologically educated participants in discussions
of bioethics have been placed on the defensive during recent years.
The dominance of religious perspectives and theological voices that
marked the emergence and establishment of "bioethics" in the late
1960s and 1970s has eroded steadily as philosophers, lawyers, and
others have relativized their role and influ ence, at best, or
dismissed it entirely, at worst. The secularization of bioethics,
which has occurred for a variety of reasons, has prompted some
prominent writers to reflect on what has been lost. Daniel
Callahan, for example writes, " . . . whatever the ultimate truth
status of religious perspectives, they have provided a way of
looking at the world and understanding one's own life that has a
fecundity and uniqueness not matched by philosophy, law, or
political theory. Those of us who have lost our reli gious faith
may be glad that we have discovered what we take to be the reality
of things, but we can still recognize that we have also lost
something of great value as well: the faith, vision, insights, and
experience of whole peoples and traditions who, no less than we
unbelievers, struggled to make sense of things. That those goods
are part of a garment we no longer want to wear does not make their
loss anything other than still a loss; and it is not a neglible
one" ([2], p. 2).
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