Some moral reflections on heart transplant surgical procedures

Abstract

A very seriously written article in one of the world's most popular weekly magazines some time ago called attention to a number of grave and perplexing problems posed by the startling and audacious experiments which are currently being undertaken by scientists, particularly in the biological and medical spheres, and, more important still, by the far-reaching and disquieting implications resulting from or connected with the prospects opened up for the near or remote future by experiments of this kind. The writer of the article expressed his view on the need and value of moral and religious guidance in scientific advances with these words.