Date of Award
8-3-2007
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Religious Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Timothy Renick - Chair
Second Advisor
Dr. Jonathan Herman
Third Advisor
Dr. Louis Ruprecht
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.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1062072
Recommended Citation
Durante, Christopher, "On the Viability of a Pluralistic Bioethics." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2007.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1062072