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The incompatibility of the United Nations' goals and conventionalist ethical relativism.
Kopelman, Loretta M.
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  • Kopelman LM; The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858-4354, USA.
Dev World Bioeth ; 5(3): 234-43, 2005 Sep.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16128854
The Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights seeks to provide moral direction to nations and their citizens on a series of bioethical concerns. In articulating principles, it ranks respect for human rights, human dignity and fundamental freedoms ahead of respect for cultural diversity and pluralism. This ranking is controversial because it entails the rejection of the popular theory, conventionalist ethical relativism. If consistently defended, this theory also undercuts other United Nations activities that assume member states and people around the world can reach trans-cultural judgments having moral authority about health, pollution, aggression, rights, slavery, and so on. To illustrate problems with conventionalist ethical relativism and the importance of rejecting it for reasons of health, human rights, human dignity and fundamental freedoms, the widespread practice of female genital circumcision or cutting is discussed. These surgeries are virtually a test case for conventionalist ethical relativism since they are widely supported within these cultures as religious and health practices and widely condemned outside them, including by the United Nations.
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Naciones Unidas / Bioética / Guías como Asunto / Diversidad Cultural / Discusiones Bioéticas / Relativismo Ético / Derechos Humanos / Cooperación Internacional Tipo de estudio: Guideline Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Ethics Límite: Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Dev World Bioeth Asunto de la revista: ETICA Año: 2005 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Naciones Unidas / Bioética / Guías como Asunto / Diversidad Cultural / Discusiones Bioéticas / Relativismo Ético / Derechos Humanos / Cooperación Internacional Tipo de estudio: Guideline Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Ethics Límite: Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Dev World Bioeth Asunto de la revista: ETICA Año: 2005 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido