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Bioethics and Biolaw

Bioethics and Biolaw. Maciej Kowalczyk. A bit of history …. Bioethics - Greek bios - life ; ethos - behavior Introduced in 1927 by Fritz Jahr in article about “ biethical imperative ” 1970- American biochemist Van Rensselaer Potter “global ethics ”

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Bioethics and Biolaw

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  1. Bioethics and Biolaw MaciejKowalczyk

  2. A bit of history… • Bioethics- Greekbios- life; ethos- behavior • Introduced in 1927 by Fritz Jahr in articleabout “biethicalimperative” • 1970- American biochemist Van Rensselaer Potter “global ethics” • Nazi experimentsduringWorldWar II- need of expandingbiolaw and bioethics

  3. Development of thefield… • Technologicaladvancesposed novel questions • British philosophy- movingawayfrompositivism and emotivism, development of theories of ethics and theirapplication • 1970s- emerging of bioethicalthinktasks and academicbioethicsprograms: • Hasting Center • Kennedy Institute of Ethics

  4. … • PrinciplesofBiomedicalEthics- firstAmericantextbook on bioethics • Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA • Brazil- PontificiaUniversidadeCatólica do Rio Grande do Sul

  5. The materia of thefield • Boundaries of life- abortioneuthanasia • Surrogacy • Theallocation of scarcehealthcareresources • Therighttorefuser medical care • Thescope of bioethics can expandwithbiotechnology • Human experimentation- one of thefirstareasadressedbymodernbioethicists • TheNationalCommisionfortheProtection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and BehavioralResearch

  6. Belmont Report- 1979 • Autonomy • Beneficence • justice • Non- maleficence • Human dignity • Sanctity of life

  7. RelationshipbetweenBioethics and Biolaw • Issue of Western philosophy • Matter of severalcontemporary legal philosophers • In lastyears re- emerging of bioethical and biolawdiscussion • Ambiguityodterm “bioethics”- widemeaning and narrowmeaning

  8. … • UNESCO Declarationsrelatingto “bioethics” • Blurring of thedistinction of ethics and law • Ethics and Lawinteract and overlapwithoneanotherbutremaindifferentnormativesystems. • Ethics and Lawpursuedifferentgoals

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