ゴトビ ナデル   GHOTBI Nader   ゴトビ ナデル    所属   立命館アジア太平洋大学  アジア太平洋学部    職種   教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2012/12
形態種別	論文（学術誌・プロフェショナル誌）
査読	査読あり
標題	Foundations of Secular Bioethics, a Biocosmological Approach
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	Biocosmology–NeoAristotelism
巻・号・頁	2(4),pp.339-344
概要	The purpose of this paper is not to oppose a religious perspective in bioethics; it only attempts to demonstrate that a secular approach to bioethics is a feasible, viable and also a solid one. I provide the basic arguments for rational bioethics and then use life science and physical theories of existence and life to support a universal and biocosmological approach to bioethics without necessarily relying on a supernatural entity, such as god. I also provide arguments to refute the two major criticisms made against a secular bioethical view; firstly to explain the issue of “purpose of life” in secular bioethics, and secondly how the universe (cosmos) could have “started” out of nothing or whether such an argument is a fallacy itself and “absolute nothing” is essentially an imaginary entity that cannot be real. These arguments follow parallel to a biocosmological philosophy and are linked to a number of scientific theories based on empirical evidence and observations in the fields of molecular biology, ecology, and physical cosmology.
ISSN	2225-1820