Global Bioethics: The Collapse of Consensus

May 23, 2007

Dreaming of a global bioethics? The day when bioethics will bequeath to the world a universally applicable set of moral norms that will transcend cultural and religious diversity and lead to fair, rational resolutions to bioethical dilemmas everywhere? Dream on, say the contributors to this intriguing collection of essays. We are standing in the “ruins of attempts at global bioethics” (p vii). (JAMA)