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The Social Context of Religion in the Jurisdictions of Bioethics

Name / volume / issue

83502

Page number

1-4

Primary author

John H. Evans

Tag(s): Journal article

Abstract

In this issue, McCarthy, Homan and Rozier (henceforth MHR) (McCarthy et al. 2020) make the case for re-stablishing the relationship between theological and secular bioethics. I find MHR to be quite informative and find little with which to disagree.

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