Organic bioethics
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Organic bioethics is an approach in bioethics that views ethical reflection in medicine, biotechnology and other life-science work as part of a continuing conversation with the surrounding social, cultural and institutional settings.[1][2]
Themes
Commonly cited themes include:[2]
- Common language – use terms that non-specialists can follow.
- Social capital – note who is included or left out of discussion.
- Institutional reflexivity – watch how rules and roles frame debate.
- Checks on domination – keep any single interest from setting the agenda.
- Concrete tools – ground ideas in apps, workshops or other hands-on formats.
Projects that refer to the approach
- Finnish genome-study interviews on shared vocabulary.[2]
- The mobile app MyBioethics, used in discovery-driven ethics research and explainable-AI work.[3][4]
Earlier wording
A 2001 journal article used “organic bioethicist” while arguing for patient-centred theory. That use is unrelated, but it shares the aim of keeping ethics close to lived experience.[5]
References
- ↑ Saxén, Heikki (2017). A Cultural Giant: An Interpretation of Bioethics in Light of Its Intellectual and Cultural History (PhD thesis). Tampere: Tampere University.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "What Is Organic Bioethics?". Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. 1 April 2021.
- ↑ Janhonen, Joel; Värttö, Mikko; Saxén, Heikki (10 July 2024). "MyBioethics: How Ed-Tech Enables Discovery-Driven Empirical Bioethics Research". Digital Society. 3 (2): 35. doi:10.1007/s44206-024-00119-w.
- ↑ "Should selling your own kidney be allowed? The MyBioethics app explores ethical dilemmas". Kone Foundation. 12 September 2024.
- ↑ Chambers, Tod (2001). "Theory and the Organic Bioethicist". Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. 22 (2): 123–134. doi:10.1023/A:1011430008966. PMID 11437270.
Further reading
- Saxén, Heikki (2017). A Cultural Giant: An Interpretation of Bioethics in Light of Its Intellectual and Cultural History (PhD thesis). Tampere: Tampere University.
- Janhonen, Joel; Värttö, Mikko; Saxén, Heikki (10 July 2024). "MyBioethics: How Ed-Tech Enables Discovery-Driven Empirical Bioethics Research". Digital Society. 3 (2): 35. doi:10.1007/s44206-024-00119-w.
- Saxén, Heikki (2025). Interpreting User Behaviour in the MyBioethics App Using Explainable AI Methods (Bachelor's thesis). Tampere: Tampere University.
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