In the conception of modern bioethics, the concept of autonomy plays a dominant role. Contemporary bioethical discourse in many cases glorifies an approach founded on this principle, and it seems that its role in moral conduct in applied bioethics is considered to be the key to salvation. This article attempts, to a certain extent, to relativise the dominant principle of autonomy, especially in medical ethics, even if it does not deny its indispensability. It points, however, to particular practical aspects which respect for the principle of autonomy, especially in the doctor-patient relation, can influence in a negative way, or can quite negate. As the basic antithesis to theories which found their priority on the axiom of respect to autonomy, the author then presents paternalistic and neo-paternalistic concepts in bioethics which find support, above all, in the principle of beneficence. The argument in this article necessarily demands an outline of the basic properties of paternalism and autonomy. For this reason the article especially focuses on models of the relationships between doctor and patient, that is on medical ethics in the narrow sense., Adam Doležal., and Obsahuje poznámky a bibliografii
Príspevok tematizuje pluralitu žánrov filozofickej literatúry a v rámci nej sa sústreďuje na filozofickú esej. Autor podáva stručný náčrt vývinu tohto žánru a na príklade aktuálnych esejí slovenskej filozofky a literátky E. Farkašovej prezentuje niektoré z jeho možností pri reflexii súčasnej doby., The article treats of the plurality of genres of philosophical literature and, in this context, focuses on the philosophical essay. The author provides a concise characterisation of the development of this genre and, using the example of the topical essays of Slovak philosopher and literary critique E. Farkašová, presents several possibilities for reflecting on contemporary times., and Emil Višňovský.
The systematic and interdisciplinary study of relations between technology and culture is at the core of one project at the Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT). This text introduces the institutional background of this project as well as some early ac-tivities and first results. After that it focuses on the theoretical foundations for the concepts of technology and culture being used in this project. Based on these thoughts the correlation between technology and culture is being illustrated and some examples of its interdependencies are given. Finally some concluding theses are presented. and Gerhard Banse, Robert Hauser.