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Article: Bioethics and Secular Humanism: The Search for a Common Morality.
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- The Hastings Center Report
- Article date:
- July 1, 1992
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Is there any way that we can resolve the current impasse concerning abortion, euthanasia, surrogate motherhood, the sale of organs, justice in health care, and other dilemmas in bioethics? Or are our basic moral values so irreconcilable that they can only be settled by political force? Tristram Engelhardt's powerful book, Bioethics and Secular Humanism, attempts to break new ground by arguing that there is indeed a basis for adjudicating the differences now fracturing moral debate in America and the world. Coming from one of the recognized leaders in medical ethics, it provides a plea that is both timely and relevant.
Professor Engelhardt maintains that the ...