Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty-First Century

Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty-First Century - SUNY Series in Religious Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

S. Cromwell Crawford breaks new ground in this provocative study of Hindu bioethics in a Western setting. He provides a new moral and philosophical perspective on fascinating and controversial bioethical issues that are routinely in the news: cloning, genetic engineering, the human genome project, reproductive technologies, the end of life, and many more. This Hindu perspective is particularly noteworthy because of India's own indigenous medical system, which is stronger than ever and drawing continued interest from the West. The Hindu bioethics presented in this book are philosophically pluralistic and ethically contextual, giving them that conceptual flexibility which is often missing in Western religions, but which is demanded by the twenty-first century's complex moral problems. Comprehensive in scope and passionate in nature, Crawford's study is an important resource for analyses of practical ethics, bioethics, and health care.

Book information

ISBN: 9780791457801
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Imprint: SUNY Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 236
Weight: 340g
Height: 216mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 13mm