Epstein Miran
Academic Unit for Human Science and Medical Ethics, St. Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 40 Turner St., London E1 2AD, United Kingdom.
Bioethics. 2007 Jan;21(1):23-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00520.x.
This paper explores one of the most politically sensitive and intellectually neglected issues in bioethics--the interface between the history of contemporary end-of-life ethics and the economics of life and death. It suggests that contrary to general belief, economic impulses have increasingly become part of the conditions in which contemporary end-of-life ethics continues to evolve. Although this conclusion does not refute the philosophical justifications provided by the ethics for itself, it may cast new light upon its social role.
本文探讨了生物伦理学中政治上最敏感且在学术上最受忽视的问题之一——当代临终伦理学的历史与生死经济学之间的交叉领域。研究表明，与普遍看法相反，经济冲动日益成为当代临终伦理学持续发展的条件的一部分。尽管这一结论并未反驳伦理学自身提供的哲学依据，但它可能会为其社会角色带来新的启示。
