Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 39 No. 2, 2024.
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https://doi.org/10.21464/sp39212
Orientational Knowledge and the Ever-Changing Demands of Bioethics. Integrative Bioethics and Its Take on Informed Consent
Marko Kos
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ivana Lučića 3, HR–10000 Zagreb
Abstract
The concept of orientational knowledge, as presented by Jürgen Mittelstraß, is an important resource for defining discursive instabilities and inadequacies in different disciplines. When it comes to bioethics, Mittelstraß’s work can also be used in the context of refining contemporary theoretical positions, especially the notion of Informed Consent. Today’s problems with the relationship between patients and doctors have been made even more complex by the postmodernist scientific discourse and its new three-pronged articulations: “alternative facts”, “fake news”, and the “post-truth era”. Hidden behind these concepts are ideas of “misrepresentation of facts”, “discrediting of facts”, and “equivalence between facts and emotions” – in short “counterfactual iterations” of content. These attitudes towards truth are blurring important theoretical requirements that make bioethically (as well as ethically) sound judgement calls for professionals possible. The overlapping of factual and counterfactual statements makes navigating the complex bioethical landscape almost impossible without an integrative and orientational approach. Mittelstraß’s understanding of orientational knowledge becomes an indispensable tool for critical analysis of information dissemination and its integration into decision-making in bioethics. Therefore, the aim of this article is to provide us with an analysis of these concepts in integrative bioethics.
Keywords
integrative bioethics; informed consent; fake news; literacy; orientational knowledge; Jürgen Mittelstraß
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Publication date:
29.12.2024.
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