Kierkegaard's Ethics of Agape, the Secularization of the Public Square, and Bioethics

Because of the radically incarnational nature of the Christian understanding of ethics and bioethics, according to Kierkegaard, there has always been an infinite gulf between Christian bioethics and secular bioethics. However, the process of the secularization of the public square has made this gulf...

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Main Author: Hinkley, Aaron E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2011
In: Christian bioethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-63
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Summary:Because of the radically incarnational nature of the Christian understanding of ethics and bioethics, according to Kierkegaard, there has always been an infinite gulf between Christian bioethics and secular bioethics. However, the process of the secularization of the public square has made this gulf more apparent and salient for the current ethical debates in biomedicine and the culture more generally.
ISSN:1744-4195
Contains:Enthalten in: Christian bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/cb/cbr009