Is it unethical to be a religious doctor?
Posted by: Adrian Corscadden in Atheism, MedicineYes, I believe that it is unethical to be a religious doctor. This argument can be made quite easily. The ethical doctor’s role is to provide the best treatment possible for the patient. Currently, the best way to accomplish this is through evidence based medicine aka science. It is therefore unethical to not provide treatment that has been shown to work through evidence based medicine.
I realize that it is still physically possible to provide good treatment to a patient while holding religious beliefs, however they can’t fully have faith in the treatment while holding religious beliefs.
Science and religion are incompatible. Anyone that begs to differ hasn’t read enough evidence or hasn’t thought about it enough. Ethically, a doctor needs have complete faith in evidence based medicine.
How’s that for stirring up a bit of controversy? This argument still needs a bit of work and I will develop it further in the future.
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