PHIL 2025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Virtue Ethics, Kennedy Family, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
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Origin of the term bioethics ( jahr, van rensselaer potter, hellegers) His work wa a bit different than that of van rensselar potter in that he emphasized our moral responsibility to animals. (https://www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/pubmed/18363267) The term bioethics experienced a rebirth in 1970 when van rensselaer potter (professor of. Oncology at university of wisconsin mcardle laboratory for cancer research) used the term. bioethics in a publication to advocate the development of a new discipline to address the basic problems of human flourishing. In early publications, potter conceptualized bioethics as a bridge: between present and future, nature and culture, science and values, and finally between humankind and nature. He felt that this new philosophy should integrate biology, ecology, medicine, and human values. A growing interest in global bioethics today means that potter"s original insights are more timely than ever. https://www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/pubmed/22787958. Dr. andr hellegers, at georgetown university, latched onto the already-existing word.