Abstracts
Abstract
The United States of America is undergoing a political revolution and an underlying moral revolution. The role of bioethics during a revolution is unclear. This paper offers four suggestions for bioethics and bioethicists to meet our current moment: abandoning partisanship and absolutism, critically considering honour, embracing outsider status, and doing things.
Keywords:
- revolution,
- partisanship,
- absolutism,
- honour
Résumé
Les États-Unis d’Amérique connaissent actuellement une révolution politique et une révolution morale sous-jacente. Le rôle de la bioéthique pendant une révolution n’est pas clair. Cet article propose quatre suggestions pour que la bioéthique et les bioéthiciens puissent répondre aux besoins actuels : abandonner le sectarisme et l’absolutisme, considérer l’honneur d’un oeil critique, accepter le statut d’outsider et agir.
Mots-clés :
- révolution,
- partisanerie,
- absolutisme,
- honneur
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