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    • Bioethics
    • Philosophy of Art
    • Applied Ethics

    Background:

    • Traditional bioethics overemphasizes philosophical justification, reason, and rationality.
    • Aesthetic sensitivity, defined by sensory perception, emotion, and feeling, is proposed as a balancing element.
    • Philosophical contributions from art and aesthetics, including Foucault and Kant, link ethics and aesthetics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To critically examine the conventional understanding of bioethics.
    • To propose integrating aesthetic sensitivity and practice into bioethics.
    • To demonstrate the integral role of aesthetic responsiveness in ethical healthcare.

    Main Methods:

    • Critical analysis of existing bioethics frameworks.
    • Exploration of aesthetic theory and its application to ethics.
    • Comparative analysis of bioethics approaches (casuistry, virtue ethics, narrative ethics) regarding aesthetic sensitivity.

    Main Results:

    • Bioethics comprises both cognitive (reason) and non-cognitive (aesthetic sensibility) components.
    • The aesthetic is a productive element in bioethics practice, enhancing ethical decision-making.
    • Existing bioethics approaches acknowledge aesthetic sensitivity to varying degrees, often implicitly.

    Conclusions:

    • Explicitly acknowledging aesthetic sensitivity enriches bioethics.
    • Aesthetic sensitivity and responsiveness are integral to effective and ethical healthcare.
    • This approach offers advantages for understanding and practicing bioethics.