Kierkegaard and Bioethics

This book explores Kierkegaard's significance for bioethics and discusses how Kierkegaard's existential thinking can enrich and advance current bioethical debates. A bioethics inspired by Kierkegaard is not focussed primarily on ethical codes, principles, or cases, but on the existential how" of our medical situation. Such a perspective focusses on the formative ethical experiences that an individual can have in relation to oneself and others when dealing with medical decisions, interventions, and information. The chapters in this volume explore questions like: What happens when medicine and bioethics meet Kierkegaard? How might Kierkegaard's writings and thought contribute to contemporary issues in medicine? Do we need an existential turn in bioethics? They offer theoretical reflections on how Kierkegaard's existential thinking might contribute to bioethics and apply Kierkegaardian concepts to debates on health and disease, predictive medicine and enhancement, mental illness and trauma, COVID-19 and gender identity. Kierkegaard and Bioethics will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on Kierkegaard, bioethics, moral philosophy, existential ethics, religious ethics, and the medical humanities"--

Author: Johann-Christian P?er

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: Oct 09, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1032212675

ISBN-13: 9781032212678