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BIOETICA ÎN DEZBATEREA CONTEMPORANĂ: ISTORIE ŞI INTERPRETĂRI
BIOETHICS IN CONTEMPORARY DEBATES: HISTORY AND INTERPRETATIONS

Author(s): Maria Aluaș
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: libertarianism; utilitarianism; principialism; feminist Bioethics; personalism; virtue; responsibility; laity.

Summary/Abstract: This article summarizes some of the directions in mainstream contemporary Bioethics debate. I will present the major areas of Bioethics debate in order to give a overview of a “waltz of ethics” and the consequences of different interpretations on Bioethics concept. The paper explores, also, the characteristics and the relevance of the main perspectives of bioethical debate, to acquire a critical awareness of the issues involved, on a theoretical level.

  • Issue Year: 56/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 41-60
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Romanian
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