From Fritz Jahr to Integrative Bioethics. Presentation of the Development of an Idea Cover Image

Od Fritza Jahra do integrativne bioetike. Prikaz razvoja jedne ideje
From Fritz Jahr to Integrative Bioethics. Presentation of the Development of an Idea

Author(s): Marko Kos
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: bioethics; integrative bioethics; Fritz Jahr; life; knowledge; pluriperspectivism

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to show the initial assumptions of integrative bioethics referring to the authors that contributed to its theoretical founding. Specificity of integrative bioethics lies, among others, in the direct inclusion of history of bioethics, philosophical traditions and relevant authors into the theoretical tissue of bioethics. The example for this claim could be the concept of bioethics by Fritz Jahr and scientific interest related to it. Jahr’s contribution exceeds the first definition of the bioethical imperative and the idea of revising bioethics in order to emphasize its European roots. What really makes his work notable is defined in the integrative bioethics concept as the need for a new paradigm of knowledge and a shift from the practical knowledge to knowledge that provides orientation, as well as the notion of pluriperspectivism.

  • Issue Year: 34/2014
  • Issue No: 01-02
  • Page Range: 229-240
  • Page Count: 12