Perspektiven medizinischer Ethik
Ausgabe: 1/2012
58. Jahrgang
Verantwortung und Ethik
The present article analyses the concept of responsibility as both an object and a norm for ethics. Based on this it develops an argument for the basic responsibility of ethics. Hence the first part of this article is devoted to a discussion of the concept of responsibility and the facets of its meaning. The second part then attempts to explore the question of the basic responsibility of ethics and of every person dealing with ethics respectively. In this respect, the article argues for a prospective responsibility to truth resulting from the character of ethics as philosophy of morals.
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