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Religion and bioethics.

Soren Holm1

  • 1Cardiff Law School, PO Box 427, Cardiff CF10 3XJ, Wales, UK. Holms@man.ac.uk

Medicinska Etika a Bioetika : Casopis Ustavu Medicinskej Etiky a Bioetiky = Medical Ethics & Bioethics : Journal of the Institute of Medical Ethics & Bioethics
|November 22, 2005
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Religious arguments are valid in public bioethics debates. Attempts to exclude them fail because distinguishing religious from non-religious arguments is arbitrary, and all views stem from contested worldviews.

Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Public Policy

Background:

  • Public bioethical debates often involve diverse perspectives, including religious viewpoints.
  • Excluding religious arguments from public discourse is a recurring, yet contested, practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically examine the validity and justification for excluding religious arguments in public bioethical discussions.
  • To analyze the philosophical underpinnings of distinguishing religious from secular arguments.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation and conceptual analysis.
  • Examination of the nature of comprehensive worldviews and their role in public discourse.

Main Results:

  • It is not possible to non-arbitrarily separate religious arguments from non-religious ones.
Keywords:
Bioethics and Professional EthicsReligious Approach

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  • All arguments, religious or not, are ultimately grounded in comprehensive, often contested, worldviews.
  • There is no sound basis for treating religious arguments differently from other types of arguments in public debate.

    • Conclusions:

    • Religious arguments possess legitimate standing within public bioethical debates.
    • Calls to exclude religious perspectives from bioethics are philosophically unfounded.
    • Promoting inclusive and comprehensive public discourse requires valuing all reasoned arguments, regardless of their origin.