RT Article
T1 Public and Faithful: On the Liberal State and Ethics of Citizenship
JF Philosophia reformata
VO 90
IS 1
SP 40
OP 63
A1 Lansang-Espinoza, Liza
A1 Pablo, Zelinna
A2 Pablo, Zelinna
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1925275027
AB This paper provides an alternative to Rawlsian public reason liberalism and the constraints it imposes on religious reasoning in debates on public bioethics: the conscientious engagement model from the Reformational tradition. First, it explains the Rawlsian concept of liberal restraint on religious public reasoning for coercive laws and discusses objections to this concept. Using this as a frame, it then presents a case study of euthanasia and assisted suicide (eas) in the Netherlands and the advocacy of faith-based organizations (fbo s) to prevent a new legal framework for eas for nonmedical reasons through the Completed Life Bill (2020). Lastly, it examines the Christian imperative and explores the anthropological notion of embodiment as a basis for bioethical policy. The paper’s leading question is this: How may fbo s participate in public debates over bioethical issues to influence coercive laws in liberal democracies in a way that respects pluralism but rejects relativism?
K1 Embodiment
K1 Reformational tradition
K1 conscientious engagement model
K1 consensus model
K1 Christian imperative
K1 Completed Life Bill
K1 faith-based organizations
K1 euthanasia and assisted suicide
DO 10.1163/23528230-bja10104