Bioethics in Cultural Contexts

Abstract

Contents Introduction Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, Switzerland; Marcus Düwell, the Netherlands and Dietmar Mieth; Germany 1 I. Fundamental Aspects 11 1. History and Future of Bioethics Albert R. Jonsen, USA 13 2. The Need for Ethical Evaluation in Biomedicine and Biopolitics Dietmar Mieth, Germany 21 3. Finitude – a Neglected Perspective in Bioethics Beat Sitter-Liver, Switzerland 45 4. Limits of Bioethics Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, Switzerland 59 5. The Problem of Limits of Law in Bioethical Issues Silvana Castignone, Italy 81 v II. Classical Approaches 91 6. One Moral Principle or Many? Marcus Düwell, the Netherlands 93 7. Danger and Merits of Principlism: Meta-Theoretical Reflections on the Beauchamp/Childress–Approach to Biomedical Ethics Bettina Schöne-Seifert, Germany 109 8. The Journey from Ethics to Law: The Case of Euthanasia 9. Recognition and Respect for Persons: a Personalistic Interpretation of Kant's Categorical Imperative Roberto Mordacci, Italy 129 10. Rationality in Bioethics: Reasonable Adjudication in a Life and Death Case of the Separation of Cojoined Twins Deryck Beyleveld, UK 145 III. Culture and Society 163 11. The Public Role of Bioethics and the Role of the Public Adela Cortina, Spain 165 12. Experts on Bioethics in Biopolitics Sigrid Graumann, Germany 175 13. The Contribution of Medical History to Medical Ethics: The Case of Brain Death Claudia Wiesemann, Germany 187 14. Alternative Medicine: A Dispute on Truth, Power or Money? Eva Krizova, Czechia 197 15. Dimensions of Cultural Diversity of Medical Ethics Pavel Tishchenko, Russia 211 Brigitte Feuillet le Mintier, France 121 vi IV. Body and Identity 229 16. Body, Perception and Identity Jean-Pierre Wils, The Netherlands 231 17. Disabled Embodiment and an Ethic of Care Jackie Leach Scully, Switzerland and UK 247 18. Coping with Limits: Two Strategies and Their Athropological and Ethical Implications Walter Lesch, Belgium 263 V. Innovative Modes of Analysis 275 19. What Can the Social Sciences Contribute to the Study of Ethics? Theoretical, Empirical and Substantive Considerations Erica Haimes, UK 277 20. Discourse Ethics: Apel, Habermas, and Beyond Matthias Kettner, Germany 299 21. The Concept of Care Ethics in Biomedicine: The Case of Disability Eva Feder Kittay, USA 319 22. The Thick Social Matrix for Bioethics: Anthropological Approaches Rayna Rapp, USA 341 23. Narrative Bioethics Hille Haker, USA and Germany 353