期刊名称:Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology
印刷版ISSN:1091-8264
出版年度:2006
卷号:10
期号:1
出版社:Digital Library and Archives,Virginia Tech
摘要:This paper argues the distinctiveness of the President’s Council on
Bioethics, as chaired by Leon Kass. The argument proceeds by seeking to place
the Council in proper historical and philosophical perspective and considering the
implications of some of its work. Sections one and two provide simplified
descriptions of the historical background against which the Council emerged and
the character of the Council itself, respectively. Section three then considers
three basic issues raised by the work of the Council that are of relevance to
philosophy and technology as a whole: the role of professionalism, the relation
between piecemeal and holistic analyses of technology, and the appeal to human
nature as a norm.
关键词:Bioethics, Human Nature, Philosophy, Professionalism,
Technology