Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.21860/j.11.1.7
From Mere Urbanity to Urban Bioethical Standards: An Invitation to a Broadening of Bioethics
Iva Rinčić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1028-8813
; Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medicine / Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Robert Doričić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4948-956X
; Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Sun-yong Byun
; Graduate School of Education, Faculty of Elementary Moral Education, Seoul National University of Education, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Chan Kyu Lee
; Department of Korean linguistic and literature, Humanities Research Institute, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Amir Muzur
orcid.org/0000-0002-9770-6733
; Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medicine / Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
An interest in research, deliberation, and reflection on urbanity has been present for a long
time. Due to rapid urbanisation in the last few decades, such interest has intensified, attracting
scholars from different disciplines and creating new platforms for discussion.
The first indicators of a ‘bioethical’ interest in urban life are already present in Van Rensselaer
Potter’s early papers (urban ethics. However, more extensive research into urban bioethics
remained on hold until recently, mainly due to the dominance of the biomedical paradigm
within modern mainstream bioethics.
In 2017, the European Bioethics in Action project (funded by the Croatian Science
Foundation) ended, resulting in a list of general bioethical standards related to animals,
plants, and human health. The aim of this paper is to present the rationale for developing
bioethical standards in a specific urban context.
Keywords
bioethics, city, standards, EuroBioAct
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240217
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Publication date:
18.6.2020.
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