FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 341:1851-1853 December 9, 1999 Number 24 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited Related Article by Brennan, T. A. Related Article by Levine, R. J. PubMed Citation

To the Editor: Dr. Brennan's case against revising the Declaration of Helsinki (Aug. 12 issue)¹ makes many good points but seems problematic with respect to cultural valuation, distributive justice, and utilitarianism. That not all countries "have the commitment to . . . the Anglo-American [ethical] tradition" implies a hierarchy within which Anglo-American ethics are deemed superior. England, the United States, and other developed nations once claimed virtue in exporting Western culture to the "uncivilized." Are we now unwittingly advancing ethical colonialism? We might be able to learn much about ethics from non–Anglo-American societies.

In addition, in the real and manifestly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

HOME  |  SUBSCRIBE  |  SEARCH  |  CURRENT ISSUE  |  PAST ISSUES  |  COLLECTIONS  |  PRIVACY  |  TERMS OF USE  |  HELP  |  beta.nejm.org Comments and questions? Please contact us. The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.