Review article
From Fritz Jahr to Integrative Bioethics. Presentation of the Development of an Idea
Marko Kos
; Varaždin, Croatia
Abstract
The paper aims to show the initial assumptions of integrative bioethics referring to the authors that contributed to its theoretical founding. Specificity of integrative bioethics lies, among others, in the direct inclusion of history of bioethics, philosophical traditions and relevant authors into the theoretical tissue of bioethics. The example for this claim could be the concept of bioethics by Fritz Jahr and scientific interest related to it. Jahr’s contribution exceeds the first definition of the bioethical imperative and the idea of revising bioethics in order to emphasize its European roots. What really makes his work notable is defined in the integrative bioethics concept as the need for a new paradigm of knowledge and a shift from the practical knowledge to knowledge that provides orientation, as well as the notion of pluriperspectivism.
Keywords
bioethics; integrative bioethics; Fritz Jahr; life; knowledge; pluriperspectivism
Hrčak ID:
133002
URI
Publication date:
26.11.2014.
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