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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Moral Philosophy

Background:

  • Current biomedical ethics methodologies, including Principlism and Casuistics, are critiqued for transmitting moral agent prejudices.
  • There is a recognized need to address the inherent biases within established ethical frameworks.
  • Overcoming prejudice is essential for advancing ethical reasoning in medicine.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify conditions where hermeneutics provides an essential contribution to biomedical ethics.
  • To propose hermeneutics as a method to overcome the limitations of current ethical approaches.
  • To explore the connection between Gadamerian Hermeneutics and Aristotelian Ethics for ethical advancement.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of hermeneutical approaches in ethics.
  • Critique of Principlism and Casuistics methodologies.
  • Integration of Gadamer's philosophy of understanding with Aristotelian ethical concepts.

Main Results:

  • Hermeneutics can overcome the transmission of prejudices inherent in current ethical methodologies.
  • Understanding, as conceptualized by Gadamer, is directed towards truth.
  • A novel approach combining Gadamerian Hermeneutics and Aristotelian Ethics is proposed.

Conclusions:

  • The hermeneutical approach offers a valuable and irreplaceable contribution to biomedical ethics.
  • Hermeneutics provides a framework for overcoming methodological weaknesses in ethical decision-making.
  • This study suggests a path forward for more robust and less biased ethical reasoning in medicine.