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Global bioethics -- myth or reality?

Søren Holm¹, Bryn Williams-Jones

¹Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics, Schools of Law and Social Sciences, 53 Park Place, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom. holms@cardiff.ac.uk.

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Summary

This study investigated if bioethics is a unified global field by examining academic behaviors. Findings reveal significant geographical and institutional differences, suggesting bioethics lacks a single, unified global community.

Keywords:

Analytical Approach Bioethics and Professional Ethics Empirical Approach

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Area of Science:

Bioethics
Academic Community Studies

Background:

Ongoing debate exists regarding the existence of a unified global field of bioethics.
If bioethics were a unified global field, academic behaviors of bioethicists worldwide would be consistent.
This research explores the concept of 'global bioethics' as a unified academic community.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the existence of a unified global academic community in bioethics.
To determine if bioethicists exhibit consistent academic behaviors across different regions and institutions.

Main Methods:

Analysis of web-linking patterns among bioethics institutions.
Examination of citation patterns within bioethics publications.
Study of book purchasing patterns within the bioethics field.

Main Results:

Web-linking patterns show distinct geographical and institutional variations.
Citation patterns reveal differences in academic engagement across regions.
Book purchasing data indicates non-uniform behavior among bioethicists globally.

Conclusions:

The findings support the conclusion that a unified global field of bioethics does not currently exist.
Observed regional and institutional differences in bioethics academic behavior are significant.
These differences may represent diverse 'dialects' of bioethics rather than mere parochialism.