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Suffering, meaning, and bioethics.

H Tristram Engelhardt

    Christian Bioethics
    |August 1, 1996
    PubMed
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    Bioethics explores living with suffering, but traditional Christian narratives offer a transcendent meaning. This perspective, rooted in salvation history, views suffering as a consequence of sin, redeemable through faith in Christ.

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    Area of Science:

    • Bioethics
    • Philosophy of Religion
    • Theology

    Background:

    • Suffering prompts moral and metaphysical reflection, with bioethics focusing on the ethos of living with it.
    • Empirical and philosophical approaches to suffering are limited to immanent experience, failing to grasp transcendent meaning.
    • Religious narratives of suffering, while lacking transcendent import, hold aesthetic and moral significance, impacting ecumenical understanding and the role of chaplains.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the bioethical implications of suffering.
    • To contrast immanent philosophical approaches with transcendent religious narratives of suffering.
    • To examine the specific Christian theological framework for understanding suffering within salvation history.

    Main Methods:

    • Philosophical analysis of suffering and its ethical dimensions.
    Keywords:
    Bioethics and Professional EthicsReligious Approach

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  • Theological exegesis of Christian doctrines related to sin, suffering, and salvation.
  • Comparative analysis of immanent and transcendent perspectives on suffering.

    • Main Results:

    • Immanent approaches to suffering cannot access transcendent meaning.
    • Religious narratives, including Christian ones, offer moral and aesthetic significance.
    • Christian theology frames suffering within salvation history, linking it to sin, Christ's sacrifice, and potential redemption.
    • Knowledge of this Christian framework is attained through spiritual practices, not solely rational argument.

    Conclusions:

    • Christian bioethics is intrinsically linked to the narrative of suffering within the broader history of salvation.
    • Suffering, in the Christian view, is a consequence of free choices and offers a path to humility, forgiveness, and divine union.
    • This theological understanding contextualizes all of medicine within a framework of salvation and redemption.