RT Article
T1 Dignity and the Founding Myth of Bioethics
JF The Hastings Center report
VO 53
IS 2
SP 26
OP 35
A1 Reis-Dennis, Samuel
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1843566281
AB In this article, I reject the “principlism” of Tom Beauchamp and James Childress and argue that respect for autonomy is, and ought to be, the fundamental value of bioethics. To do so, I offer a reconstruction of what I call the field's “founding myth,” a genealogy that affords primacy to the right to be respected as a human being with dignity. Next, I examine the relationship between this basic right and a derivative right of autonomy. I suggest that principlism has promulgated an uncharitable understanding of respect for autonomy, one that ensures that the principle cannot occupy the central position I claim for it. Finally, I sketch a more plausible understanding of respect for autonomy and explore its implications.
K1 Kant
K1 four principles
K1 principlism
K1 Autonomy
K1 Dignity
K1 Bioethics
DO 10.1002/hast.1471