Post Stephen G
Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 1991 Sep;1(3):207-23. doi: 10.1353/ken.0.0023.
The interface between religion, psychiatry, and ethics is often a locus for considerable controversy. This article focuses on the response of American psychiatry to religious nonconformism, and to religious conversion generally. At issue is the societal pressure against unpopular religious movements. The author argues for an ethic that conserves the freedom of religious conscience, and that guards against inquisitions in the guise of medical expertise and nosology.
宗教、精神病学与伦理学之间的交叉领域常常是引发诸多争议的焦点。本文聚焦于美国精神病学对宗教不墨守成规以及宗教皈依现象的总体反应。核心问题是社会对不受欢迎的宗教运动施加的压力。作者主张一种伦理观念，它既能维护宗教良知的自由，又能防范以医学专业知识和疾病分类学为幌子的调查。
