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Solidarity and care as relational practices
1Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Bioethics
|September 29, 2018
Summary
Relational bioethics emphasizes solidarity and care as key social practices. Recognizing individuals as moral subjects through these practices can foster a more just and flourishing society.
Area of Science:
- Bioethics
- Public Health Policy
- Social Justice
Background:
- Contemporary bioethics engages with relational agency and power structures.
- Relational bioethics offers a framework for analyzing social practices in health.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the roles of solidarity and care within relational bioethics.
- To argue that recognizing persons as moral subjects motivates societal progress.
Main Methods:
- Normative interpretation of relational agency.
- Analysis of social practices of solidarity and care.
- Application of relational bioethics framework to health policy.
Main Results:
- Affirming recognition and caring attention to persons as moral subjects can politically motivate society.
- Solidarity and care foster democratic willingness for equal respect, just health resources, and potential actualization.
- Solidarity develops from "standing up for" to "standing up with" and "standing up as" another.
- Care develops from attentive rehabilitation to companionship and commitment.
Conclusions:
- Solidarity and care are crucial for advancing social justice and well-being.
- Relational bioethics provides a valuable lens for health policy and public health.
- Recognizing moral personhood is essential for a democratic and flourishing society.
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