Open AccessFrom mere urbanity to urban bioethical standards
Author(s) -
Iva Rinčić,
Amir Muzur,
Chan Kyu Lee,
Sun-Yong Byun,
Robert Doričić
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jahr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.103
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 1848-7874
pISSN - 1847-6376
DOI - 10.21860/j.11.1.7
Subject(s) - bioethics , urbanity , context (archaeology) , environmental ethics , engineering ethics , foundation (evidence) , sociology , social science , political science , law , geography , engineering , philosophy , civil engineering , archaeology
An interest in research, deliberation, and reflection on urbanity has been present for a long time. Due to rapid urbanisation in the last few decades, such interest has intensified, attracting scholars from different disciplines and creating new platforms for discussion.The first indicators of a ‘bioethical’ interest in urban life are already present in Van Rensselaer Potter’s early papers (urban ethics. However, more extensive research into urban bioethics remained on hold until recently, mainly due to the dominance of the biomedical paradigm within modern mainstream bioethics.In 2017, the European Bioethics in Action project (funded by the Croatian Science Foundation) ended, resulting in a list of general bioethical standards related to animals, plants, and human health. The aim of this paper is to present the rationale for developing bioethical standards in a specific urban context.