Does Bioethics Need Ethical Theories?

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Pub Date : 2024-02-20 DOI:10.1353/pbm.2024.a919718

Wayne Sumner

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Abstract

ABSTRACT:

The relationship between philosophy and bioethics remains a matter of perennial debate, but there does appear to be a consensus on one issue: whatever bioethics might want to borrow from philosophical ethics, it won't be normative theories. This essay argues that theories can have an important role to play in bioethics, though it might not be the one traditionally assumed by philosophers.

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生物伦理学需要伦理理论吗？

摘要:哲学与生命伦理学之间的关系仍是一个长期争论的问题，但在一个问题上似乎已达成共识：无论生命伦理学想从哲学伦理学中借鉴什么，都不会是规范性理论。本文认为，理论可以在生命伦理学中发挥重要作用，尽管它可能不是哲学家们传统上认为的那种作用。

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Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 医学-科学史与科学哲学

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1.40

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, an interdisciplinary scholarly journal whose readers include biologists, physicians, students, and scholars, publishes essays that place important biological or medical subjects in broader scientific, social, or humanistic contexts. These essays span a wide range of subjects, from biomedical topics such as neurobiology, genetics, and evolution, to topics in ethics, history, philosophy, and medical education and practice. The editors encourage an informal style that has literary merit and that preserves the warmth, excitement, and color of the biological and medical sciences.