title: On the crisis of conscience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper examines the crisis of conscience as portrayed in the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The perspective of allegory allows intense emotion to be contained, and placed in a socio-cultural context, which may work against bloodshed.
authors.affiliation: South Pacific Private Hospital, Manly, NSW, Australia. lachter@ausdoctors.net
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lachter
mesh_terms: D001633:Bible; D003242:Conscience; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D012924:Social Conditions