Reproducing persons: issues in feminist bioethics

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (04) ◽  
pp. 34-2200-34-2200
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Bioethics

scholarly journals On feminist engagements with bioethics

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-31
Author(s):  
Rada Drezgic
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Relational Autonomy ◽  
Background Values ◽  
Bioethical Issues ◽  
Social Units ◽  
Feminist Bioethics

The article explores two questions: what is feminist bioethics, and how different it is from standard bioethics. Development of feminist bioethics, it is argued, began as a response to standard bioethics, challenging its background values, and philosophical perspectives. The most important contribution of feminist bioethics has been its re-examination of the basic conceptual underpinnings of mainstream bioethics, including the concepts of ?universality?, ?autonomy?, and ?trust?. Particularly important for feminists has been the concept of autonomy. They challenge the old liberal notion of autonomy that treats individuals as separate social units and argue that autonomy is established through relations. Relational autonomy assumes that identities and values are developed through relationships with others and that the choices one makes are shaped by specific social and historical contexts. Neither relational autonomy, nor feminist bioethics, however, represents a single, unified perspective. There are, actually, as many feminist bioethics as there are feminisms-liberal, cultural, radical, postmodern etc. Their different ontological, epistemological and political underpinnings shape their respective approaches to bioethical issues at hand. Still what they all have in common is interest in social justice-feminists explore mainstream bioethics and reproductive technologies in order to establish whether they support or impede gender and overall social justice and equality. Feminist bioethics thus brings a significant improvement to standard bioethics.

Women’s Healthcare Through a Feminist Ethics Lens

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Lori d’Agincourt-Canning ◽  
Carolyn Ells
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Moral Life ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Feminist Ethics ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Feminist Bioethics

This chapter provides the book’s rationale, reviews themes that are central to the book, and presents an overview of its chapters. The collection aims to bring insights from healthcare providers, clinical ethicists, scholars, and community together as a way of broadening feminist bioethics and being responsive to ethical issues in women’s healthcare. A starting premise is that gender is central to the evaluation of healthcare and healthcare practices. Several feminist themes that are pertinent to the ethics analyses throughout the book are described. These include relational components of moral life, justice and oppression, women-centered care, implications of sex and gender distinctions, and examining issues through an ethics lens. The overview of chapters highlights the specific gaps in the literature each one fills, along with how they fit together as a collection.

Globalizing Feminist Bioethics: Crosscultural Perspectives (review)

Hypatia ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-210
Author(s):  
Julie M. Zilberberg
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Bioethics

FEMINIST BIOETHICS AND GENETIC TERMINATION

Bioethics ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 515-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
CATRIONA MACKENZIE
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Bioethics
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