Respect for Human Vulnerability: The Emergence of a New Principle in Bioethics

Vulnerability has become a popular though controversial topic in bioethics, notably since 2000. As a result, a common body of knowledge has emerged (1) distinguishing between different types of vulnerability, (2) criticizing the categorization of populations as vulnerable, and (3) questioning the pr...

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Published inJournal of bioethical inquiry Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 395 - 408
Main Author ten Have, Henk
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2015
Subjects
Bioethics
Ethics
Humans
Internationality
Medical Law
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Research
Personal Autonomy
Personhood
Philosophy
Politics
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics
Vulnerability (Personality trait)
Vulnerable Populations
Philosophy of medicine
Research ethics
Vulnerability
Global bioethics
Globalization
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Summary:Vulnerability has become a popular though controversial topic in bioethics, notably since 2000. As a result, a common body of knowledge has emerged (1) distinguishing between different types of vulnerability, (2) criticizing the categorization of populations as vulnerable, and (3) questioning the practical implications. It is argued that two perspectives on vulnerability, i.e., the philosophical and political, pose challenges to contemporary bioethics discourse: they re-examine the significance of human agency, the primacy of the individual person, and the negativity of vulnerability. As a phenomenon of globalization, vulnerability can only be properly addressed in a global bioethics that takes the social dimension of human existence seriously.
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ISSN:1176-7529
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DOI:10.1007/s11673-015-9641-9