Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 34 No. 4, 2014.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Franciscan Devotion to the Protection of Dignity and Integrity of the Creation
Ana Jeličić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-9029
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Sveučilišni odjel za forenzične znanosti, Split, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The real challenges of bioethics and the initial spark for bioethics discovered at the 7th Days of Frane Petrić (Cres, Croatia, 1998) have remained to be very interesting even after the completion of the symposium, achieved legal regulation, and the establishment of committees. Indeed, it was the starting point not only for a new bioethics, significantly different from the new medical ethics, but also for new projects which, judging by their fruits, were guided by the principle of integration. From today’s perspective, the symposium Responsibility for Life, organised by the Franciscan Institute for the Culture of Peace (founded in 1995), which was held in Baška Voda, a year later, in 1999, can be interpreted as a kind of proof of the development of bioethical sensibility that spread all over the country in those years on several different fronts, and as the beginning of Croatian theological, more precisely, Franciscan, bioethics in Croatia. The mentioned symposium, as well as other activities of the Institute, as their aim had and still have the promotion of peace and care for all creations, which gives them a legitimate place and role in the development of bioethics in Croatia. Perhaps the contribution of the Franciscan symposium for development of integrative bioethics was implicit, but the dedication of the Franciscans, inspired by the peacefulness of St. Francis, who has only recently received great recognition in the constitution of European bioethics, is undeniable. It is also truth that many other Franciscan activities, among which the activities of the Franciscan priest Jure Radić and his Institute Mountains and Sea in Makarska have their important roles in the history and development of Croatian bioethics. Both Franciscan institutes have made an effort to preserve the dignity and integrity of creation which is an unavoidable subject field of integrative bioethics. Therefore, in this paper, we tried to remember the cultural, spiritual, and intellectual heritage of the Croatian Franciscans which is close to the recent bioethical trends. We tried to compare two key conferences, philosophical symposium 7th Days of Frane Petrić and Franciscan symposium Responsibility for Life, and we tried to bring to light some forgotten Franciscan publications and institutions relevant to the history and development of bioethics in Croatia, and we looked for some new places of dialogue between the institutions that are doing all that they can, in their own specific and original way, to preserve life and its dignity.
Ključne riječi
care; solidarity; dialogue; bioethics; culture of peace; responsibility; ecology; nature
Hrčak ID:
142581
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Datum izdavanja:
25.5.2015.
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