Dilemmas of Life and Death

At the University of Hawaii, S. Cromwell Crawford is Professor of Comparative Religions and Director of the Center for South Asian Studies at the School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Ethics of Abortion 2. The Ethics of Suicide 3. The Ethics of Euthanasia 4. The Ethics of the Environment Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

"In the modern Western world, heavily influenced by the achievements of science and technology, questions regarding the value of life and the individual's freedom to end it have come to occupy the center stage in recent years. Cromwell Crawford, a theologian by training and an Indian philosopher by choice, especially on Indian ethics, has devoted this volume to an examination of these issues as they appear in the American context from the standpoint of traditional Indian ethical theory. Such an approach to modern problems in ethics has not been attempted so far. The book is a valuable contribution to the on-going East-West dialogue. It is a carefully thought out work and written in a clear and lucid style." — David J. Kalupahana