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The Concept of Sensibility in Pilosophy and Bioethics

One of the key determinants of the broader understanding of bioethics is the recognition and acknowledgment of bioethical sensibility. The thesis of this paper is that this concept is not a product of only contemporary research in the field of bioethics. Sensibility, in its various forms and under different names, is the subject of philosophy, as it has been throughout its history. Research of sensibility was directed to questions about how body parts interact with one another, how the senses translate into feelings, how feelings are transmitted, and in what relationship they stand with the body. Later works promote sensibility as a bridge-concept that enables bonds between the human body and the psychological, mental and moral aspects of a human being. Particular attention is drawn to the characterization of sensibility as a human ability to understand nature and to establish harmony between man and nature. The arguments for such claims are critically discussed in the paper. The conclusion is that the modern research in bioethics has enabled rehabilitation of the concept of sensibility, in the form of ‘bioethical sensibility’.

sensibility ; history of philosophy ; body ; senses ; feelings ; nature

Dio istraživanja za izlaganje realiziran je u okviru projekta "Filozofski i odgojni aspekti suosjećanja" koji se provodio uz potporu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu.