From reverence for life to bioethics: Albert Schweitzer, a bioethics precursor
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Precursor only exists, as a precursor, when related to recognized and posterior author. In terms
of thoughts, a precursor didn’t precede, he coexist. One marvelous example of coexistence is
Albert Schweitzer and Fritz Jahr. Jahr is not a Potter precursor; he coined Bioethics as a word.
Jahr is the founder. He made a rupture in the history of Ethics, when he proposed the Bioethics Imperative. I will present some highlights related to Bioethics, in the vast and diverse
intellectual production of Albert Schweitzer. Th e Ethics of the Reverence for Life, fi rst coined
in a sermon in 1919, is based in Virtue Ethics. Reverence for Life is another kind of love, as
a virtue. Reverence for Life is beyond self-sacrifi ce, self-fulfi llment and self-improvement, is
a creative force related to civilization. In 1923, in a magnifi cent book is – Civilization and
Ethics – Albert Schweitzer described his proposal in details. In an article, published in 1936
he consolidated his thoughts about humanity, civilization, ethics, life and living. We must
recognize the importance of Albert Schweitzer in the history of Bioethics.
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