Hartwell S W
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH.
Physician Exec. 1990 May-Jun;16(3):23-4.
"Bioethics" and "biomedical ethics" are new expressions, conveying new ideas and new concerns. They entered the language in the 1960s. "Ethics," of course, is an ancient word meaning the study of applied moral philosophy. Bioethics is an interdisciplinary field of study that considers ethical issues in wellness and illness. Some would strongly argue that it even embraces our entire natural ecology. It certainly concerns the profession of medicine. Bioethics, like ethics itself, seeks to know and understand "goodness."
“生物伦理学”和“生物医学伦理学”是新的表述，传达着新的理念和新的关切。它们于20世纪60年代进入了人们的语言。当然，“伦理学”是一个古老的词汇，意为对应用道德哲学的研究。生物伦理学是一个跨学科研究领域，它思考健康与疾病中的伦理问题。有些人会强烈主张它甚至涵盖了我们整个自然生态。它当然涉及医学专业。生物伦理学，就像伦理学本身一样，试图知晓并理解“善”。
