What’s Missing in Secular Bioethics? The False Dichotomy between “the Secular” and “the Theological”
[EN] Considered from a normative perspective, secular bioethics does not require anything from a theological discourse. And likewise, it does not require anything from an atheist discourse either. It depends rather on a debate whose pluralism has to be grounded in secular conditions. Therefore, it c...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) |
| Repositorio: | GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/154568 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10366/154568 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Religión Secular Christianity 5101.10 Religión |
| Sumario: | [EN] Considered from a normative perspective, secular bioethics does not require anything from a theological discourse. And likewise, it does not require anything from an atheist discourse either. It depends rather on a debate whose pluralism has to be grounded in secular conditions. Therefore, it cannot be expected that a substantive approach should be the ground of the public bioethical discourse. A different question would be the proper place of religion (religions with political valence as Christianity) at legally tackling bioethical issues which touch upon sensitive religious topics. But this is a political matter, not a theoretical gap. |
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