Date of Award
1995
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Colby Access Only)
Department
Colby College. Religious Studies Dept.
Advisor(s)
Thomas R.W. Longstaff
Second Advisor
Chesire Calhoon
Abstract
Religious beliefs often play a major role in the decisions that are made in the home and the hospital concerning issues at the beginning and end of life. Only recently, however, due to rapidly advancing medical technology, have religious, moral, and philosophical beliefs taken such a controversial role. One of the major questions that has arisen from these various controversies is whether or not we have the right to posses control over the biological functions of our bodies. The answer is a difficult one, and it may be one that cannot be answered, but the attempt at an answer is what is at the heart of medical ethics.
Keywords
Medical Ethics
Recommended Citation
Cavanaugh, Brendan James, "Life and Death: The Religious, Philosophical and Moral Dilemmas in Medicine" (1995). Honors Theses. Paper 542.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/542
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