AMERICAN MORALISM AND THE ORIGIN OF BIOETHICS IN THE UNITED-STATES

被引：17

作者：

JONSEN, AR

机构：

[1] Department of Medical History and Ethics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

来源：

JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND PHILOSOPHY | 1991年 / 16卷 / 01期

关键词：

BIOETHICS; CALVINISM; CASUISTRY; JANSENISM; MORALISM; MORAL PRINCIPLE; PURITANISM;

D O I：

10.1093/jmp/16.1.113

中图分类号：

B82 [伦理学（道德学）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The theology of John Calvin has deeply affected the American mentality through two streams of thought, Puritanism and Jansenism. These traditions formulate moral problems in terms of absolute, clear principles and avoid casuistic analysis of moral problems. This approach is designated American moralism. This article suggests that the bioethics movement in the United States was stimulated by the moralistic mentality but that the work of the bioethics has departed from this viewpoint. © 1991, by The Society for Health and Human Values.

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页码：113 / 130

页数：18