Cross Cultural Perspectives in Medical Ethics

It starts with the definitive twentieth century analysis of the Hippoc ratic Oath and then shows how most religious and philosophical traditi ons differ from the ethical commitments contained in that classic docu ment. Some like the quaint, medieval "Hippocratic Oath In So Far as a Christian May Swear It," show how it is impossible to commit to both t he Hippocratic Oath and the Christian (or Jewish) religion at the same time. Others, representing modern secular liberal political philosoph y,…