Body Measures: Phenomenological Considerations of Corporeal Ethics

The development of bioethics primarily at the cognitive level further perpetuates the tendency to construe all aspects of our lives, including our bodies, as technical systems. For example, if we consider the moral issue of organ sales without taking our embodiment into account, there appear to be n...

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Published in:The Journal of medicine and philosophy 1998-08, Vol.23 (5), p.533-545
Main Author: Fielding, H A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
body
Commodification
Ethics
Heidegger
Human Body
Humans
Living Donors
Medical ethics
Merleau-Ponty
Morality
organ sales
Phenomenology
Tissue and Organ Procurement - economics
Tissue Donors
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Summary:The development of bioethics primarily at the cognitive level further perpetuates the tendency to construe all aspects of our lives, including our bodies, as technical systems. For example, if we consider the moral issue of organ sales without taking our embodiment into account, there appear to be no sound arguments for opposing such sales. However, it is important to consider the aspects of the phenomenal body that challenge rational deliberation by exploring an embodied approach to the ethical dilemma produced by a proposed kidney exchange as presented in one of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog films. What is sought is a description of a body-measure that would serve as a critique of strictly cognitive bioethical deliberations.
ISSN:0360-5310
1744-5019
DOI:10.1076/jmep.23.5.533.2567