Metaphysics and Morality at the Boundaries of Life  

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Robichaud, Philip

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 31 no. 2 (Apr. 2006), page 97-10.
Topik: Metaphysics; Morality
Fulltext: MM80V31N2P97.pdf (77.5KB)

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This issue of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy contains articles that are unified in their focus on issues related to the beginning and end of human life. Historically, a large measure of the bioethics literature is comprised of attempts to deal with ethical issues that arise only at life’s boundaries—this includes all discussions of the moral propriety of abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. Another major emphasis in bioethics is comprised of attempts to establish what might be called life’s boundary conditions—this includes all discussions of what human life is exactly and when it begins and ends. Whereas writing of the former type is squarely normative in character, it often depends on conclusions reached in writings of the latter type, which are largely metaphysical in character. For example, absent a justified account of what the boundaries of life are, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to know how we should treat moral patients who are in the vicinity of the boundaries. For each of life’s boundaries—beginning and end—this issue contains articles of each major type—normative and metaphysical. This fortunate combination affords the reader an opportunity to explore the various ways in which these distinct approaches relate to each other.

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