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Vol. 65 No. 6 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2016.462
La bioetica di Potter: la ricerca della saggezza all'origine della bioetica e dell'etica ambientale / Potter's Bioethics: the research of wisdom at the beginnings of bioethics and environmental ethics
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Received: 16 December 2016
Accepted: 16 December 2016
Published: 20 December 2016
Accepted: 16 December 2016
Published: 20 December 2016
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Bioethics and environmental ethics share deep common roots. In this paper we will attempt to demonstrate this statement, inspired by both the work of the father of bioethics, Van Rennselaer Potter, and the father of environmental ethics, Arne Næss. The two disciplines even share a common history, since they constitute the most interesting philosophical answer to the problems originated by the recent technological developments. The need for a science of survival (Potter), which can finally guide the new human actions and the knowledge that goes along with them, must be, from Potter's (and also Næss') perspective, always accompanied by the development of the virtues of wisdom and prudence.
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La bioetica di Potter: la ricerca della saggezza all’origine della bioetica e dell’etica ambientale / Potter’s Bioethics: the research of wisdom at the beginnings of bioethics and environmental ethics. (2016). Medicina E Morale, 65(6). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2016.462
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