THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPT OF THE PERSON AS A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF THE MORAL PROBLEMS OF MODERN BIOETHICS
The article is devoted to the personality concept, which was developed in the personalistic discourse Christian culture, as a basis for the analysis of the moral aspect of modern bioethics. The initial background and categorical foundation of the personality concept is considered in the article. The ontological difference between the concepts “personality” and “person” in their anthropological representation is analysed. There were presented preconditions for the holistic person model formation, which defines the moral status of the person when doing ethical analysis of biotechnologies.
Keywords: bioethics, person, individuality, essence, personalism, anthropology, christian culture, the existence of man
Issue: 5, 2013
Series of issue: Issue 5
Rubric: LOGIC AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL AND HUMANITIES STUDIES
Pages: 63 — 66
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