"Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare by Mark Lilly

"Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare by Mark Lilly

Theologians and theologically educated participants in discussions of bioethics have been placed on the defensive during recent years. The dominance of religious perspectives and theological voices that marked the emergence and establishment of bioethics in the late 1960s and 1970s has eroded steadily as philosophers, lawyers, and others have relativized their role and influ- ence, at best, or dismissed it entirely, at worst. The secularization of bioethics, which has occurred for a variety of reasons, has prompted some prominent writers to reflect on what has been lost. Daniel Callahan, for example writes, . . . whatever the ultimate truth status of religious perspectives, they have provided a way of looking at the world and understanding one's own life that has a fecundity and uniqueness not matched by philosophy, law, or political theory. Those of us who have lost our reli- gious faith may be glad that we have discovered what we take to be the reality of things, but we can still recognize that we have also lost something of great value as well: the faith, vision, insights, and experience of whole peoples and traditions who, no less than we unbelievers, struggled to make sense of things. That those goods are part of a garment we no longer want to wear does not make their loss anything other than still a loss; and it is not a neglible one ( 2], p. 2).

Lilly, Mark: - Mark Lilly is Senior Lecturer at the University of Tunis and the editor of Lesbian and Gay Writing: An Anthology of Critical Texts.

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ISBN 13	9780333417102
ISBN 10	0333417100
Title	"Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare
Author	Mark Lilly
Series	Master Guides
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	1986-08-11
Number of pages	96
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