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Bioethics, society and politics is there a palce for dialogue?

The relationship between bioethics and politics has been present form the very beginning of bioethics. This relationship emerged through discussion of bioethical issues within the society and politics. Since bioethics started as a reflection on the ethical issues raised by the new theologies in health and science. Author Edmund Pellegrino raised the following question regarding relationship between bioethics and politics: „When Ethics does enter the public square can it co – exist with politics or is Machiavelli right that the politics has no place for ethics? This contribution aims to explore relationship between bioethics and politics through several important issues in bioethics based on historical examples drawing parallels regarding past and present situations and development. The issues of expert bioethics committees and deliberative democracy together with term biopolitics will be analyzed. Possible tool for better analysis of the relationship between bioethics and politics based on the analysis of public discourse will presented.

bioethics, politics, relationship

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