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Global bioethics and communitarianism.

Henk A M J ten Have¹

¹Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University, 300 Fisher Hall, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. tenhaveh@duq.edu

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

|August 19, 2011

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Global bioethics increasingly uses the concept of community, moving beyond individual consent to community-based approaches and benefit sharing. This broadens ethical considerations to include future generations, ecosystems, and all humanity.

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Area of Science:

Bioethics
Global Health Ethics
Social Sciences

Background:

Globalization of bioethics introduces novel interpretations of 'community'.
Traditional informed consent models are often individual-centric.
Emerging bioethical frameworks necessitate a broader understanding of community.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the multifaceted role of 'community' in global bioethics.
To analyze the shift from individual to community-based consent.
To examine the concept of 'global community' in contemporary bioethics.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of 'community' in bioethical discourse.
Review of literature on informed consent and benefit sharing.
Distinction of three uses of 'global community': diachronic, synchronic ecological, and synchronic planetary.

Main Results:

Community consent offers an alternative to individual-oriented informed consent, particularly in diverse cultural contexts.
Benefit sharing in bioprospecting requires community identification and construction.
The concept of 'global community' encompasses past, present, and future generations, non-human species, and all humanity.

Conclusions:

The 'global community' concept, particularly the planetary use, can expand communitarianism.
Cosmopolitanism fosters a global community of world citizens, promoting solidarity and responsibility.
The rise of global bioethics reflects this evolving understanding of interconnectedness and shared ethical obligations.