‟THE PERSON”, A MEANINGFUL NOTION IN BIOETHICS. A PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL APPROACH
Abstract
The contemporary notion of person, devoid of ontological basis and built on the fragile characteristic of rationality, is not useful in defending defenceless human beings. Instead, it rather tends to become a subtle eugenic tool. In other words, the less we are interested in the metaphysical aspect of human life, the more fluid becomes the boundary between bioethics and what we may call thanato-ethics, while the concept of person gets flimsier than ever. The goal of the following reflections is therefore to try to rediscover the original context which allowed full expression of the notion of person and, consequently, to rediscover the meta-physical sense of the human person, which is imperative for a healthy anthropology and a genuine bioethics.
Persoana, o noţiune cu tâlc pentru bioetică. O abordare filosofico-teologică. Noțiunea contemporană de persoană, golită de fundamentul ontologic și axată pe fragilul atribut al raționalității, în loc să le fie de folos ființelor umane lipsite de apărare, tinde să devină mai degrabă o subtilă unealtă eugenetică. În alte cuvinte, pe măsură ce dezinteresul față de dimensiunea metafizică a omului crește, granița dintre bioetică și thanatoetică devine din ce în ce mai lichidă, iar ideea de persoană tot mai șubredă. Scopul reflexiei noastre, așadar, este acela de a încerca să redescoperim contextul originar în care s-a afirmat noțiunea de persoană și, prin urmare, sensul meta-fizic al persoanei, indispensabil pentru o antropologie sănătoasă și pentru o bioetică autentică.
Cuvinte-cheie: persoană, bioetică, concepţie despre viaţă, materialism, hilemorfism, meta-fizică, teologie, Dumnezeu
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