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[Language Manipulation, Surrogacy, Altruism].

José Miguel Serrano Ruiz-Calderón¹

¹Universidad Complutense de Madrid jmruizcalderon@gmail.com.

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Summary

Bioethics employs manipulative language, termed "Newspeak," to obscure realities, similar to Orwell

Area of Science:

Bioethics
Philosophy of Language
Socio-political Analysis

Background:

George Orwell's "1984" described Newspeak and doublethink as tools of totalitarianism.
Political language in the 20th century aimed to erase the mental image of reality.
Bioethics utilizes Newspeak not due to novelty, but for manipulative intent.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the manipulative use of language in bioethics.
To examine how terms like "surrogacy" obscure ethical and social realities.
To critique the exploitative nature of surrogacy arrangements.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of language in bioethical discourse.
Application of Orwellian concepts (Newspeak, doublethink) to bioethical terminology.

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Ethical critique of surrogacy through linguistic analysis.

Main Results:

The term "surrogacy" functions as Newspeak, obscuring the reality of a mother being deprived of her child.
Legal subrogation is absent, reducing women to "vessels" in surrogacy.
The "gratuity" excuse masks an exploitative relationship, not altruism.

Conclusions:

Bioethical language can be manipulative, mirroring totalitarian linguistic control.
Surrogacy, despite claims of gratuity, involves exploitative power dynamics.
Critical linguistic analysis is essential for ethical bioethical practice.