Organspende – Liebe zum Nächsten oder Verantwortung für das Ganze?
In the debates on post-mortal organ donation German protestant churches fundamentally argue in favour of the motif of Christian charity: To donate organs after death must be a voluntary act of giving. Any duties to do so are incompatible with this motif. In principle Christian charity focuses on a c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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[2021]
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Evangelische Theologie
Year: 2021, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-50 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Organ donation
/ Love of neighbor
/ Public spirit
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society NCH Medical ethics |
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| Summary: | In the debates on post-mortal organ donation German protestant churches fundamentally argue in favour of the motif of Christian charity: To donate organs after death must be a voluntary act of giving. Any duties to do so are incompatible with this motif. In principle Christian charity focuses on a concrete other, whose specific needs in a given situation are apparent. Against this backdrop the article argues, that charity is an insufficient motif in these debates, since anonymous post-mortal organ donation structurally deals with a generalised other. Therefore, it seems more appropriate to understand organ donation as an expression of the individual’s orientation towards the common weal and as a matter of responsibility for the whole of society. Indeed: there is no individual duty to donate organs after death, but a demand for personal reasoning and public participation in a crucial social and political question, that seems well in line with the concept of Public Protestantism. |
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| ISSN: | 2198-0470 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelische Theologie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14315/evth-2021-810106 |