PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brian D Earp
TI  - Does religion deserve a place in secular medicine?
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2015-102917
DP  - 2015 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 865--866
VI  - 41
IP  - 11
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/11/865.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/11/865.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2015 Nov 01; 41
AB  - Biggar (2015) argues that “religion” deserves a place in secular medicine. Against this view, I argue that religion (as most people would understand the term) should not play a role in shaping secular health policy, and I provide some illustrations of the potential dangers of the contrary. However, I also suggest that—upon closer inspection—Biggar seems to be using the term “religion” to refer to obliquely to what most people would call “moral philosophy.” On this less controversial interpretation, Biggar's proposal is inoffensive—but also unoriginal.