In the Wake of Katrina: Has “Bioethics” Failed?
In the Wake of Katrina: Has “Bioethics” Failed?
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卡特里娜飓风过后：“生物伦理学”失败了吗？
DOI：
10.1080/15265160500338488
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发表时间：
2005
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J. Moreno
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J. Moreno
Hurricane Katrina and its sequelae will force policymakers to revisit previous assumptions; the same should be true of bioethics as it has come to be understood. The catastrophe in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast was three-fold: the original hurricane, the breaching of the levees, and—perhaps most shocking and distressing—the transparent failure of institutions to provide security and succor to the victims in the immediate aftermath. But history will bear witness that the medical and public health crisis rested on decades of exploitation of the geology of New Orleans and the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico by energy, gambling and real estate interests. Government at all levels failed to enforce prudence over self-interest. While the levees were designed to withstand a flood that could occur once in 200 years, the Dutch dikes are hundreds of times more resilient.In 1970, Van Rensselear Potter coined the term bioethics to refer to, in Peter Whitehouse’s recent and concise formulation, the “integration of biology and values... designed to guide human survival”(Whitehouse 2005). Nearly two decades later, exasperated by the adoption of his language by a field that underwent explosive growth without acknowledging his contribution, Potter wrote of global bioethics to signify a broader understanding that encompassed medicine, environmentalism, public health and spirituality.
