Jonsen Albert R
University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2007 Mar;17(1):43-54. doi: 10.1353/ken.2007.0004.
The article by Baker and McCullough in this issue posits that bioethics has generally applied moral theories to practical problems. They propose that, rather than this "application," bioethicists should "appropriate" aspects of ethical theory. This article disagrees that bioethical writing is primary "application." It agrees that "appropriation" is the most suitable approach to bioethical analysis but claims that the description of appropriation provided by Baker and McCullough is inadequate. It must be supplemented by the rhetorical concept of "invention."
本期贝克和麦卡洛的文章认为，生物伦理学通常将道德理论应用于实际问题。他们提议，生物伦理学家不应进行这种“应用”，而应“挪用”伦理理论的各个方面。本文不同意生物伦理学著作主要是“应用”这一观点。本文认同“挪用”是生物伦理分析最合适的方法，但认为贝克和麦卡洛对挪用的描述并不充分。必须用“发明”这一修辞概念对其加以补充。
