Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Durante, Christopher Author's Email Address c.durante@hotmail.com URN etd-07312007-085611 Title On the Viability of a Pluralistic Bioethics Degree Master of Arts Department Religious Studies Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Timothy Renick Committee Chair Dr. Jonathan Herman Committee Member Dr. Louis Ruprecht Committee Member Keywords
- Social Sciences
- Bioethics
- Religion
- Pluralism
- Dialogical Ethics
- Dialogue
- Perspectivism
- Pragmatism
- Contract Theory
Date of Defense 2007-06-12 Availability unrestricted Abstract In an attempt to promote in-depth dialogue amongst bioethicists coming from distinct disciplinary and religious backgrounds this thesis offers an overview of the current state of bioethics and a critical analysis of a number of the leading methods of addressing pluralism in bioethics. Exploring the critiques and methodological proposals coming from the social sciences, the contract theorists, and the pragmatists, this study describes the problems which arise when confronting moral and religious diversity in a bioethical context and examines the ability of these various methodologies to adequately resolve these matters. Finally, after a discussion of the benefits and the potential problems of each of the aforementioned schools, a methodological model labelled “Pragmatic Perspectivism” is set forth as a potential conceptual framework through which a bioethical theory for a secular yet religiously pluralistic society may be forged.Files
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