Contemporary Bioethics and the “Sin” of the Common Morality

“O brave new world! That has such people in it,” 1 where many believe the challenges facing humanity at present may be solved by the technological fix. 2 That is, the panoply of challenges facing humanity in the field of medicine, in pursuit of complete physical, mental, and social well-being , 3 is to be remedied by the continuing advance of human intelligence, ingenuity, and industry. With an aim toward maximal mechanical efficiency, those engaged in biomedical science and practice attempt to manage not only the physical and the psychical but also the role of medicine in and for the body politic as the institution of medicine promises health and well-being. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.