Bioethics in Cultural Contexts Reflections on Methods and Finitu
Bioethics, if it is to have adequate discriminatory power, should include sensitivity to the cultural contexts of biomedicine, and also to the cultural contexts of bioethics itself. Biomedical developments carry with them social and cultural meanings that
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Bioethics in Cultural Contexts Reflections on Methods and Finitude Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, Marcus Düwell and Dietmar Mieth (Eds.)
BIOETHICS IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF ETHICS, LAW, AND THE NEW MEDICINE Founding Editors DAVID C. THOMASMA† DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada THOMASINE KIMBROUGH KUSHNER, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Editor DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada
Editorial Board TERRY CARNEY, University of Sydney, Australia MARCUS DÜWELL, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands SØREN HOLM, University of Cardiff, Wales,United Kingdom GERRIT K. KIMSMA, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands DAVID NOVAK, University of Toronto, Canada EDMUND D. PELLEGRINO, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. DOM RENZO PEGORARO, Fondazione Lanza and University of Padua, Italy DANIEL P. SULMASY, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, U.S.A. LAWRENCE TANCREDI, New York University, New York, U.S.A.
VOLUME 28 The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Bioethics in Cultural Contexts Reflections on Methods and Finitude
Edited by
CHRISTOPH REHMANN-SUTTER University of Basel, Switzerland
MARCUS DÜWELL University of Utrecht, The Netherlands and
DIETMAR MIETH University of Tübingen, Germany
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Contents
Introduction Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, Switzerland; Marcus Düwell, the Netherlands and Dietmar Mieth; Germany
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I. Fundamental Aspects
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1. History and Future of Bioethics Albert R. Jonsen, USA
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2. The Need for Ethical Evaluation in Biomedicine and Biopolitics Dietmar Mieth, Germany
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3. Finitude – a Neglected Perspective in Bioethics Beat Sitter-Liver, Switzerland
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4. Limits of Bioethics Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, Switzerland
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5. The Problem of Limits of Law in Bioethical Issues Silvana Castignone, Italy
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II. Classical Approaches
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6. One Moral Principle or Many? Marcus Düwell, the Netherlands
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7. Danger and Merits of Principlism: Meta-Theoretical Reflections on the Beauchamp/Childress–Approach to Biomedical Ethics Bettina Schöne-Seifert, Germany 109 8. The Journey from Ethics to Law: The Case of Euthanasia Brigitte Feuillet le Mintier, France
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9. Recognition and Re
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