Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-7-2003
Abstract
Van Rensselaer Potter's original concept of bioethics as a global integration of biology and values was designed to guide human survival. His attention to the creation of human knowledge and the incorporation of ecological concepts and values into medicine and health remain important, yet largely neglected, contributions deserving of further elaboration. Bioethicists should heed his warning about unsustainable progress, particularly in health care systems, and work toward changing their behaviors. Incorporating life-affirming spiritual values and extending Potter's global bioethics to a deeper bioethics seem essential.
Keywords
Van Rensselaer Potter, history, global bioethics, environment, future
Publication Title
The American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB)
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Recommended Citation
Whitehouse, Peter J., "The Rebirth of Bioethics: Extending the Original Formulations of Van Rensselaer Potter" (2003). Faculty Scholarship. 52.
https://commons.case.edu/facultyworks/52
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The American Journal of Bioethics on 12/7/2003, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1162/152651603322614751.