Table Of ContentAutonomy, Responsibility,
And HeAltH CARe
Autonomy, Responsibility,
And HeAltH CARe
Critical Reflections
edited by bogdan olaru
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tAble oF Contents
notes on ContRibutoRs ......................vii
FoRewoRd ................................ ......1
1. Autonomy And embodiment. tHe wAy bACk
to tHe unAvAilAbility oF tHe body
Autonomy: as Self-determination against, or as Self-transcendence
to Others? Anthropological Reflections on the Background of Bioethics
Regine kather, Freiburg university (Germany) ..........15
Why the Way we Consider the Body Matters:
Reflections on four Bioethical Perspectives on the Human Body
silke schicktanz, university medical Center
Göttingen (Germany) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
2. Autonomy And CARe FRom tHe peRspeCtive
oF end-oF-liFe deCision-mAkinG
Autonomie als Selbstbestimmung und Fürsorge:
aufgezeigt am Beispiel der Sterbehilfe
karl-wilhelm merks, tilburg university (netherlands) . . . .79
Autonomie und Fürsorge . Die Perspektive des Rechts
volker lipp, Göttingen university (Germany) . . . . . . . . . .95
3. peCuliAR FoRms oF Responsibility?
The Limits of Discourse Ethics Concerning the Responsibility
toward Nature, Nonhuman Animals, and Future Generations
nicolae morar, purdue university (usA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Toward an Ethics of Species . Is there a Responsibility
to Preserve the Integrity of (Human) Species?
bogdan olaru, Jassy institute for economic
and social Research (Romania) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
The Principle of Responsibility for Illness and its Application
in the Allocation of Health Care: A Critical Analysis
eugen Huzum, Jassy institute for economic
and social Research (Romania) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
index of Concepts .................................221
index of names ...................................227
notes on ContRibutoRs
eugen Huzum lives in Jassy, Romania, where he studied philoso-
phy and political science. He now works as a researcher at the Jassy
institute for economic and social Research. His interest fields include
foundationalism, metaethics, theory of social justice, and multicultur-
alism. His last research project dealt with the politics of recognition
and distributive justice.
Regine kather is professor at the university of Freiburg (Germany).
she was associate professor at the university of bucharest and visiting
professor at the university of Cluj-napoca (Romania). Regine kather’s
work is mainly in philosophy of nature and in philosophical anthro-
pology. she is author of Was ist ‘Leben’? Philosophische Positionen und
Perspektiven (darmstadt, 2003) and Person . Die Begründung menschli-
cher Identität (darmstadt, 2007).
volker lipp is professor of civil law, law of civil procedure, and
comparative law at the university of Göttingen (Germany), and was,
inter alia, visiting fellow at the institute of Advanced legal studies,
university of london. He has written on subjects in bioethics, with spe-
cific interests in the legal and policy issues. His more recent books are
Patientenautonomie und Lebensschutz . Zur Diskussion um eine gesetzli-
che Regelung der ‘Sterbehilfe’ (Göttingen, 2005) and Familienrechtlicher
Status und Solidarität (co-authored with Anne Röthel and peter
A. windel, tübingen, 2008)
karl-wilhelm merks is member of the scientific Advice Council
of the Centre for intercultural ethics at the university of tilbug
(netherlands). He is author of Verantwortung – Ende oder Wandlungen
einer Vorstellung?: Orte und Funktionen der Ethik in unserer Gesellschaft
(münster, 2001), Gott und die Moral: Theologische Ethik heute (münster,
viii notes on ContRibutoRs
1998), and co-editor, with Frans vosman, of Aiming at Happiness: The
Moral Teaching in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (kampen,
1996).
nicolae morar is a phd student at purdue university, usA.
He received his master degree in 2005 from lyon iii “Jean moulin”
university with a thesis entitled “les enjeux de la médicine reproduc-
tive aux etats-unis: entre ethique et politique.” He is interested in
Continental philosophy, especially Foucault, deleuze, Agamben, and
sloterdijk and its connections with applied ethics (genetic testing/ bio-
power). He is also the founder and the co-organizer of the bioethics
seminar lectures at purdue university.
bogdan olaru has studied philosophy at Alexandru ioan Cuza
university of Jassy (Romania) and Humboldt university of berlin. He
worked for nine years as a researcher at the Jassy institute for economic
and social Research. His primary areas of interest currently include
bioethics, ethical theory, and phenomenology. He has edited Current
Ethical Controversies in Biotechnology: Individual Autonomy and Social
Responsibility (Jassy, 2008), and his most recent publications address
assisted reproductive technologies and stem-cell research.
silke schicktanz is professor at the university of Göttingen
(Germany), where she teaches in the department of medical ethics
and History of medicine. Her research and teaching interests include
organ transplantation, xenotransplantation, and ethical and socio-cul-
tural aspects of human reproduction and sexuality. she took part in
the eu-Research project “Challenges of biomedicine—socio-Cultural
Contexts, european Governance and bioethics” which focused on
the socio-cultural background of modern biomedicine in different
european countries. she has published numerous articles and co-edited
several books on ethical and social issues in health care.
