生物伦理中的语言:超越代表性观点
Justin T Clapp1, Jacqueline M Kruser2, Margaret L Schwarze2
1University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB
|April 16, 2024
概括
生物伦理学经常忽视语言理论,使用描述性的方法. 本文介绍了一个务实的语言观点,以重新定义生物伦理问题,如医疗决策.
科学领域:
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 语言的哲学语言的哲学
- 医学人文学科 医学人文学科
背景情况:
- 生物伦理学经常采用一种隐含的,描述性的语言模型 (代表性观点).
- 这种代表性观点以特定的方式塑造了生物伦理理论和干预.
- 这个领域历来没有充分利用语言理论.
研究的目的:
- 倡导一种更加以语言为基础的生物伦理学.
- 介绍和探索语言在生物伦理学中的实用观点的实用性.
- 从务实的角度重新审视核心生物伦理概念,如决策.
主要方法:
- 对语言在生物伦理学中占主导地位的代表性观点的分析.
- 介绍和解释一种替代的务实的语言观.
- 在生物伦理学中的决策概念上应用实用观点,使用经验数据.
主要成果:
- 语言的代表性观点限制了生物伦理研究和干预.
- 对语言的务实观点为生物伦理问题提供了一个更广泛,更清晰的框架.
- 将务实观点应用于决策揭示了传统方法的局限性,并提出了新的视角.
结论:
- 生物伦理学可以从与语言理论的接触中显著受益.
- 对语言的务实理解可以有效地重构复杂的生物伦理问题,特别是在临床环境中.
- 这种语言的重构为医疗治疗如何被理解和理解提供了新的见解.
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