Kierkegaard's Ethics of Agape, the Secularization of the Public Square, and Bioethics
Because of the radically incarnational nature of the Christian understanding of ethics and bioethics, according to Kierkegaard, there has always been an infinite gulf between Christian bioethics and secular bioethics. However, the process of the secularization of the public square has made this gulf...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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Christian bioethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-63 |
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| Summary: | Because of the radically incarnational nature of the Christian understanding of ethics and bioethics, according to Kierkegaard, there has always been an infinite gulf between Christian bioethics and secular bioethics. However, the process of the secularization of the public square has made this gulf more apparent and salient for the current ethical debates in biomedicine and the culture more generally. |
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| ISSN: | 1744-4195 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christian bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/cb/cbr009 |