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Justice and boundaries in ancient stories: Guidance for modern bioethics.

机译:古代故事中的正义与界限:现代生物伦理学指南。

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This dissertation considers the claim that we can find in ancient and Biblical literature certain values that are of the lineage shared by much of Western culture today. Because of their persistence, they comprise part of what Hilary Putnam calls the ‘moral image’ we have of ourselves. Knowing that these values have endured enables us to claim more justification in employing them in discussions of moral dilemmas today. Mere persistence, however, does not ensure that a value should continue to be honored. Some long-honored values have persistently led to human suffering. Still, the continuity of values over time suggests that they may offer insight into norms of human nature that should be taken seriously.; Using stories to gain moral information provides a kind of understanding not available by way of usual philosophical discourse. Something about our response to stories allows us to see in a way that reading a Kantian text, for example, does not. The form of stories, with their rich descriptions and their insights into human experience, gives us access to more than merely another of the currents of a moral claim; it provides a wholly different kind of moral message. Tragic drama in particular, because it is focused on human with real losses and reversals, and with the emotional responses to these as they play out in the complexities of our familial, communal, and erotic attachments.; Further, among the claims of those opposed to the development and use of some new medical technologies is that tools such as cloning and genetic therapies are arrogant infringements on god's work, or in some way violate appropriate limits. Boundaries referred to as “god's work” or “appropriate limits” on human action are an essential element of ancient and Biblical literature. As such, ancient and Biblical literature contains the development of the boundary claims employed in current debates. Because Western culture developed from the Greek and Judaic cultures, it is helpful to see where some of these persistent beliefs originated. I argue that our stories—mythological, Biblical, and secular—can be employed to develop more understanding about what we value in human life, and thus about the good of human life.
机译:本文考虑了可以在古代和圣经文学中找到的某些价值观,这些价值观具有当今许多西方文化所共有的血统。由于他们的坚持不懈,它们构成了希拉里·普特南(Hilary Putnam)所谓的“道德形象”的一部分。知道这些价值观已经存在,使我们能够要求更多的理由在当今的道德困境讨论中采用它们。但是,仅持久性并不能确保继续兑现价值。一些历史悠久的价值观不断导致人类遭受痛苦。但是,随着时间的推移,价值的连续性表明它们可以提供对应当认真对待的人性规范的见识。使用故事获得道德信息可提供一种通常的哲学话语无法获得的理解。关于我们对故事的回应的某些内容使我们能够以某种方式看待,例如,阅读康德语的文本却没有。故事的形式,以其丰富的描写和对人类经验的洞察力,使我们不仅获得了道德主张的另一种潮流。它提供了一种完全不同的道德信息。尤其是悲剧,因为它关注的是人类的真实损失和逆转,以及对这些损失的情感反应,因为它们在我们的家庭,社区和色情依恋的复杂性中发挥作用。此外,在那些反对开发和使用某些新医学技术的人的主张中,诸如克隆和基因疗法之类的工具是对上帝工作的傲慢侵犯,或在某种程度上违反了适当的限制。关于人类行为的边界被称为“上帝的工作”或“适当的限制”,是古代和圣经文学的基本要素。因此,古代和圣经文学包含了当前辩论中使用的边界主张的发展。由于西方文化是从希腊和犹太文化发展而来的,因此了解其中一些持久性信仰的起源是有帮助的。我认为我们的故事(神话,圣经和世俗的故事)可以用来加深对我们在人类生活中所珍视的事物的理解,从而对人类生活的美好感有所了解。

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  • 作者

    Elledge, Timothy George.;

  • 作者单位

    The University of Tennessee.;

  • 授予单位 The University of Tennessee.;
  • 学科 Philosophy.; Literature Classical.; Religion Biblical Studies.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2002
  • 页码 333 p.
  • 总页数 333
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 哲学理论;世界文学;圣经;
  • 关键词

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