Bioethics of the pioneer institutions - rising perspectives connected to the challenges of contemporary
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26512/rbb.v1i2.8068Keywords:
Bioethics. Science. Religion. Ecology.Abstract
This article is divided in two sessions that will be presented here and in the next volume of RBB. In the first one, the pioneeiring work of Van Renselaer Potter is analised, considering to some important aspects of his personal history and outstanding academic work. One special issue is the discusson on the relation between science and religion in the quest for global survival of humankind and bioesfere. Potter is bioethical creed for individuals is presented as well as an critical apraisal from two of Potter is followers, Gerald M. Lower e Peter W. Whitehouse.
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