A Classical-Liberal Response to the Crisis of Bioethics.
The writer discusses the the crises of purpose, principles, expectations, and authority that face modern bioethics and offers a response based on the debate in classical-liberal thought on how to limit power. The writer outlines the ways in which biomedical and governmental power resemble each othe...
| Publicado en: | Independent Review Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 53 - 71 |
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Independent Institute
Summer 2010
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| Sumario: | The writer discusses the the crises of purpose, principles, expectations, and authority that face modern bioethics and offers a response based on the debate in classical-liberal thought on how to limit power. The writer outlines the ways in which biomedical and governmental power resemble each other and identifies problems of control and legitimacy raised by appointing a final sovereign authority to resolve conflicts. The writer presents some alternatives to approaching the Hobbesian dilemma of controlling the controller. |
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