Religija, teisė ir medicina: galimos sąveikos perspektyvos bioetikoje
Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas |
Gimus bioetikai, jos pionieriai ir kiti šioje srityje dirbantys ekspertai išreiškė viltį, kad medicinos mokslo ir praktikos paradigma, gimusi XIX a. viduryje, turės užleisti vietą naujai paradigmai – mechanistinį požiūrį į žmogų pakeis integralus požiūris į žmogų, kaip į fizinę ir dvasinę vienovę. Straipsnyje bandoma atskleisti religijos ir teisės, religijos ir medicinos sąveikos svarbą bioetikos sprendimams, kurie turėtų prisidėti prie naujosios paradigmos įsigalėjimo. After the birth of bioethics its pioneers and other experts operating in that field express their belief about the event of a new paradigm in medical science and practice. The old paradigm with its Cartesian mechanical approach to human nature should be substituted by the holistic approach in medicine which could help to treat a person as physical and spiritual unity. Bearing this in mind the present article analyses what the role in bioetical decisionmaking could be attached to the interaction between religion and law, and between religion and medicine.
It could be concluded, that the fields where law and medicine are operating together cannot neglect religious phenomenon, because of the above mentioned points of interaction between medicine and religion and between law and religion. All of these disciplines are great systems complementing each other in order healthy human and society could exist in harmony: law gives it normative structure, religion – spirit and moral guide, medicine – knowledge and experience.