Related Experiment Videos
1Doctor en Teología Moral. Catedrático del Departamento de Humanidades, Universidad de Puerto Rico en, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Grant 1R25TWO6056-06 Research Bioethics Training in Latin America. Fogarty, International Center.
Acta Bioethica
|May 14, 2010
Summary
This study explores bioethics as an academic discipline, establishing its moral nature and philosophical roots. It advocates for applied ethics and the Hermeneutic Circle methodology in bioethical discourse.
Area of Science:
- Bioethics
- Philosophy of Science
- Ethics
Background:
- The epistemological statute of a dialogue shapes its core questions and discourse.
- Bioethics, as a field, grapples with fundamental moral inquiries.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the epistemological status of bioethics as an academic discipline.
- To assert bioethics' identity as an ethical discipline with philosophical underpinnings.
- To propose a methodological framework for bioethical inquiry.
Main Methods:
- Philosophical analysis of bioethics' foundational questions.
- Argumentation for the concept of applied ethics.
- Advocacy for the Hermeneutic Circle as a bioethical methodology.
Main Results:
- Bioethics is fundamentally an ethical discipline rooted in philosophy.
- The nature of discourse determines the essential questions and answers within a field.
- Applied ethics is a valid and necessary conceptualization.
Conclusions:
- Bioethics' epistemological statute is that of an ethical discipline.
- The Hermeneutic Circle offers a suitable methodology for bioethical philosophizing.
- Current bioethical practices should consider adopting this philosophical approach.