Kierkegaard and Bioethics

This book explores Kierkegaard's significance for bioethics and discusses how his existential thinking can enrich and advance current bioethical debates. It focuses on the existential how of our medical situation, offering theoretical reflections on how Kierkegaard's concepts can contribute to bioethics and applied to debates on health and disease, predictive medicine and enhancement, mental illness and trauma, COVID-19, and gender identity.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 28 April 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book delves into the profound significance of Kierkegaard for bioethics, exploring how his existential thinking can enrich and advance current bioethical debates. Rather than focusing solely on ethical codes, principles, or cases, a bioethics inspired by Kierkegaard takes a deeper dive into the existential realm, emphasizing the very essence of our medical situations. This perspective delves into the formative ethical experiences that individuals can have when navigating medical decisions, interventions, and information.

The chapters within this volume delve into thought-provoking questions such as: What transpires when medicine and bioethics intersect with Kierkegaard's ideas? How can Kierkegaard's writings and thoughts contribute to contemporary issues in medicine? Is there a need for an existential turn in bioethics? These chapters offer theoretical reflections on how Kierkegaard's existential thinking can enrich bioethics and apply Kierkegaardian concepts to discussions on health and disease, predictive medicine and enhancement, mental illness and trauma, COVID-19, and gender identity.

Kierkegaard and Bioethics will appeal to scholars and advanced students engaged in the study of Kierkegaard, bioethics, moral philosophy, existential ethics, religious ethics, and the medical humanities. By delving into the interplay between Kierkegaard's thought and bioethical dilemmas, this book provides valuable insights into the ethical dimensions of medicine and offers a fresh perspective on addressing the complex challenges we face in healthcare today.

Weight: 560g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032207773