Bioethics

Virtual issues collect together the most important papers on substantive topics from the archives of Diametros. Bioethics is the interdisciplinary field of research where many specialists, including physicians, sociologists, and lawyers have a say. However, philosophers who apply moral theories to solve ethical problems generated by medical technology are doing the most important part of bioethics. The present virtual issue constitutes such a philosophical contribution to bioethics. Our authors cover topics such as brain death and abortion controversies, the role of moral psychology in solving ethical dilemmas, the problem of ethical education for healthcare workers, solidarity, dementia, normalizing surgeries on intersex traits, and the issue of expertise in clinical ethics.

14 Items

  • Ultrasound Viewers’ Attribution of Moral Status to Fetal Humans: A Case for Presumptive Rationality

    Heidi M. Giebel

    22-35

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33392/diam.1472

  • Two notes on Rafał Kubiak article

    Wojciech Ciszewski

    110-116

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33392/diam.1968

  • The research purpose of therapeutic experiments

    Maria Gutowska-Ibbs

    104-108

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33392/diam.1999

  • The Issue of Expertise in Clinical Ethics

    George J. Agich

    3-20

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13153/diam.22.2009.359

  • The Epistemic Injustice Expressed in “Normalizing” Surgery on Children with Intersex Traits

    Renata Ziemińska

    52-65

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33392/diam.1478

  • Solidarity: A Local, Partial and Reflective Emotion

    David Heyd

    55-64

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13153/diam.43.2015.714

  • Respect Towards Elderly Demented Patients

    Oliver Sensen

    109-124

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13153/diam.39.2014.567

  • Nurturing the moral imagination: a reflection on bioethics education for nurses

    Lucia D. Wocial

    92-102

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13153/diam.25.2010.407

  • Moral disagreement concerning abortion

    Bernard Gert

    23-43

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13153/diam.26.2010.413

  • Expertise and Expert Authority

    Udo Schuklenk

    1-4

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33392/diam.1972

  • Ethical Issues related to End of Life Treatment in Patients with Advanced Dementia – The Case of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration

    Esther-Lee Marcus, Ofra Golan, David Goodman

    118-137

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13153/diam.50.2016.982

  • Charting Moral Psychology’s Significance for Bioethics: Routes to Bioethical Progress, its Limits, and Lessons from Moral Philosophy

    Michael Klenk

    36-55

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33392/diam.1520

  • A few comments on the background of the article "Off label - practical consequences of unclear legislation"

    Rafał Kubiak

    33-51

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33392/diam.1978

  • A Biological Theory of Death: Characterization, Justification, and Implications

    Michael Nair-Collins

    27-43

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13153/diam.1174