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PANDEMIC ETHICS AND THE BIOETHICS OF THE CRISIS
PANDEMIC ETHICS AND THE BIOETHICS OF THE CRISIS

Author(s): Ștefan Vlăduțescu
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Health and medicine and law, Gerontology, Present Times (2010 - today), Book-Review
Published by: Editura Sitech
Keywords: bioethics; applied ethics; ethical models; bioethics crisis; crisis bioethics;

Summary/Abstract: This review is an analysis of the most significant book on applied ethics published in the last decade in Romania on bioethics. In essence, the bioethical effects of the coronavirus pandemic are highlighted. In a meta-analytical reading, the theme, problems, ethics and ideas of the study are highlighted. Both the theoretical and practical merits of the study are presented. Theoretical merits include: a) realistic presentation of the role of bioethics in times of crisis, including the assumption of the role of crisis bioethics in crisis b) clarification of the theoretical foundations of ethical models to be adopted in pandemics and c) development of a generic reflection on the bioethics crisis induced the crisis of individual landmarks (crisis of individual situation / orientation), the social crisis, the post-pandemic economic crisis. Among the practical merits we mention the arguments for faster adaptation of contemporary human beings to computer phenomena such as artificial intelligence, 5G communications, Internet, virtual world, digital avatar, virtualization of social space, reinvention of post-pandemic freedom, informed consent.

  • Issue Year: 7/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 189-194
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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