| A qualified bioethic: particularity in James Gustafson and Stanley Hauerwas. | |
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PMID: 8151236 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Most theoretical approaches in bioethics begin with a theory that articulates and defends basic principles or rules that are more or less systematically related and that seek to yield more or less precise conclusions with regard to specific acts, cases, or policies. Concerns about the agent and descriptions of the context of action stand on the margins of the theory. This is ironic, given the overwhelming importance and impact the training of health care professionals has upon them and upon the practice of health care as a whole, and given the fact that many advocates of the theories themselves concede that one's beliefs and how one describes a situation and weighs "facts" and values relevant to the case strongly determine one's conclusions. While morality may not lead ineluctably to religion, as Kant believed, bioethics does appear inevitably to involve particularity. I examine the work of James M. Gustafson and Stanley Hauerwas to analyze two views of the role of particularity in bioethics. I then show the relevance of their work for addressing some problems with the practicality and concreteness of current models in bioethics. |
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Authors:
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G P McKenny |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of medicine and philosophy Volume: 18 ISSN: 0360-5310 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Philos Publication Date: 1993 Dec |
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Created Date: 1994-05-12 Completed Date: 1994-05-12 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7610512 Medline TA: J Med Philos Country: NETHERLANDS |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 511-29 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Religious Studies Department, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251. |
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Bioethics* Casuistry Christianity* Cultural Diversity Ethical Analysis Ethical Relativism Ethical Theory* Ethicists Humans Interdisciplinary Communication* Morals* Philosophy Principle-Based Ethics Protestantism Religion and Medicine* Social Justice Social Values Stress, Psychological Theology* Virtues |
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