The Prophetic Role of Feminist Bioethics
Feminist bioethics, in both its Christian and secular forms, can play a prophetic role by bringing a much-needed social ethics perspective to Christian health care ethics. Six characteristics of feminist bioethics are highlighted: focus on oppression of women and its concrete forms in the health car...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1997
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| In: |
Horizons
Year: 1997, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-49 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Feminist bioethics, in both its Christian and secular forms, can play a prophetic role by bringing a much-needed social ethics perspective to Christian health care ethics. Six characteristics of feminist bioethics are highlighted: focus on oppression of women and its concrete forms in the health care system; epistemological critique; call for a more diverse community of ethical reflection; critique of the standard principles of bioethics; criticism of liberal individualism in mainstream bioethics; and a critical perspective on the discipline's loyalties and social location. The author highlights two important tasks for feminist bioethics: analysis of the current metamorphosis of health care in the marketplace and the more explicit use of stories to ground ethical reflection in the concrete struggles of women in meeting health care challenges. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-8557 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Horizons
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0360966900016728 |
