The medical covenant : a corrective vision?
Contemporary bioethics is a field born of the necessity of its times. Its development and growth are largely propelled by the advances of medical technology, shaped by the wheel of crushing economics. Medical advances, by creating difficult moral dilemmas, probe the consciences of the profession and of society in general of the deeper ethical questions about humans, their humanity, their life and death. Many theories or approaches have sprouted to meet the challenges or the tasks of solving these puzzling moral dilemmas. Of the maze of methods, the Four-Principle Approach espoused by Beauchamp and Childress seems to command the popularity of the field, of course, not without significant criticisms. The Medical Covenant is another method upheld by William F. May, believed by the author and affirmed by others to be the âcorrective lensâ of contemporary bioethics. This dissertation seeks to contribute to the clarification project of the variegate bioethical methods, theories and approaches by examining this claim: Is the Medical Covenant a âcorrective visionâ to contemporary bioethics as reflected in dominant Four-Principle Approach? If so, in what ways? The dissertation attempts to answer these questions
Lowe, Gee Y.
The medical covenant : a corrective vision?. Contemporary bioethics is a field born of the necessity of its times. Its development and growth are largely propelled by the advances of medical technology, shaped by the wheel of crushing economics. Medical advances, by creating difficult moral dilemmas, probe the consciences of the profession and of society in general of the deeper ethical questions about humans, their humanity, their life and death. Many theories or approaches have sprouted to meet the challenges or the tasks of solving these puzzling moral dilemmas. Of the maze of methods, the Four-Principle Approach espoused by Beauchamp and Childress seems to command the popularity of the field, of course, not without significant criticisms. The Medical Covenant is another method upheld by William F. May, believed by the author and affirmed by others to be the âcorrective lensâ of contemporary bioethics. This dissertation seeks to contribute to the clarification project of the variegate bioethical methods, theories and approaches by examining this claim: Is the Medical Covenant a âcorrective visionâ to contemporary bioethics as reflected in dominant Four-Principle Approach? If so, in what ways? The dissertation attempts to answer these questions
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