Vain Wisdom All, and False Philosophy

• Published in: The Hastings Center report Vol. 22; no. 6; p. 5
• Main Author: Nicholson, Richard H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.1992; Hastings Center
• Subjects: Bioethics; Conferences; Ethics; Europe, Eastern; Humans; Internationality; Philosophy; Political aspects; Political Systems; Sweden; Totalitarianism; Europe, Eastern; Sweden; Soviet region; Bioethics and Professional Ethics

Totalitarianism reared its head at a Sep 1992 conference in Oslo Norway as doubt was thrown on the idea of a steady increase in interest and work in bioethics in the old Soviet empire. The paper that most aroused the audience was a comparison of the ethos of science in the Western tradition and in t...