Jonsen A R
Department of Medical History and Ethics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
J Med Philos. 1991 Feb;16(1):113-30. doi: 10.1093/jmp/16.1.113.
The theology of John Calvin has deeply affected the American mentality through two streams of thought, Puritanism and Jansenism. These traditions formulate moral problems in terms of absolute, clear principles and avoid casuistic analysis of moral problems. This approach is designated American moralism. This article suggests that the bioethics movement in the United States was stimulated by the moralistic mentality but that the work of the bioethics has departed from this viewpoint.
约翰·加尔文的神学思想通过清教主义和詹森主义这两股思潮深刻影响了美国的思想观念。这些传统依据绝对、明确的原则来阐述道德问题，避免对道德问题进行决疑论分析。这种方法被称为美国道德主义。本文认为，美国的生物伦理运动受到了道德主义思想的推动，但生物伦理的工作已经背离了这一观点。
