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Dilemmas of Life and Death: Hindu Ethics in a North American Context

S. Cromwell Crawford

SUNY Press (1995)

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Human embryonic stem cell research: An intercultural perspective.LeRoy Walters - 2004 - Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 14 (1):3-38.details : In 1998, researchers discovered that embryonic stem cells could be derived from early human embryos. This discovery has raised a series of ethical and public-policy questions that are now being confronted by multiple international organizations, nations, cultures, and religious traditions. This essay surveys policies for human embryonic stem cell research in four regions of the world, reports on the recent debate at the United Nations about one type of such research, and reviews the positions that various religious traditions have (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 20 citations
“Hindu” Bioethics?Deepak Sarma - 2008 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 36 (1):51-58.details Not much work has been done on Hindu bioethics other than by a select few scholars and medical doctors. Professor Cromwell Crawford, author of Dilemmas of Life and Death: Hindu Ethics in a North American Context and Hindu Ethics for the Twenty-first Century, for example, is well known in the field of Hindu bioethics. Others scholars include Dr. Uma Mysorekar, who is a gynecologist as well as the president of the board of trustees of the Ganesha Temple of Flushing New (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Mahātmā Gandhi's view on euthanasia and assisted suicide.Joris Gielen - 2012 - Journal of Medical Ethics 38 (7):431-434.details To many in India and elsewhere, the life and thoughts of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi are a source of inspiration. The idea of non-violence was pivotal in his thinking. In this context, Gandhi reflected upon the possibility of what is now called ‘euthanasia’ and ‘assisted suicide’. So far, his views on these practices have not been properly studied. In his reflections on euthanasia and assisted suicide, Gandhi shows himself to be a contextually flexible thinker. In spite of being a staunch defender (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
An explanation and analysis of how world religions formulate their ethical decisions on withdrawing treatment and determining death.Susan M. Setta & Sam D. Shemie - 2015 - Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 10:6.details This paper explores definitions of death from the perspectives of several world and indigenous religions, with practical application for health care providers in relation to end of life decisions and organ and tissue donation after death. It provides background material on several traditions and explains how different religions derive their conclusions for end of life decisions from the ethical guidelines they proffer. Download Export citation Bookmark 3 citations

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