Религията в публичните дебати. Примерът на биоетиката
Religion in Public Debates. The Example of Bioethics

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the meaning of religion in the German public sphere and raises the issue of the impact of religious activists on bioethical discourse in Germany. The author first of all outlines a model in which the institutionalized discourses of working groups, committees and commissions are not viewed separately but in their connection with ethical discourses at various functional levels. Only by seeing the mutual interaction of these bodies and the individuals participating in them can the norms and values, ways and strategies of argumentation in ethical commissions be understood. On the basis of this model and through examples of bioethical debates in the National Council for Ethics in Germany, the author studies the role of religion and of religious representatives; concrete empirical material is adduced. Finally, the article discusses problems related to the definition of religion in ethical discourses and commissions as well as the consequences of these problems for the topic of "religion and publicity".

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