"Political Philosophy and Bioethics"
Emmy Noether Research Group at the University of Münster
Political philosophy has informed bioethical debates for several decades, for example in the discussions about the just allocation of health care resources or about the normative foundations of public health. This has sometimes happened implicitly and there is a lack of systematic analysis of how concepts and theories of political philosophy have been used to build arguments for particular policy applications in bioethics, and whether this has happened in a consistent way.
The Emmy Noether Research Groups looks across a number of issues and discussions in bioethics and examines how political philosophy has played out in these areas. Based on this horizontal analysis, it seeks to develop well-argued policy proposals for ongoing bioethical debates. Exemplary fields of inquiry are theories of justice and priority setting in medicine and health care; the different normative justifications of public health and health promotion policies; concepts of the person and enhancement; and solidarity in contemporary bioethical applications.
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ASSOCIATED INSTITUTES
- Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics
- Institute for Medical Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine