The Journal of Studies in Contemporary Sociological Theory
Online ISSN : 2434-9097
Print ISSN : 1881-7467
How Can We Explore Bioethics?
“Sociology of Bioethics” and R. C. Fox
Jumpei MINAYOSHI
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2008 Volume 2 Pages 100-112

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The purpose of this paper is to consider “the sociology of bioethics” developing by R. C. Fox. Sociologists have the self-definition that as an empirical science sociological study deals with description. Bioethics, however, is a field so rife with values. Therefore, the sociology of bioethics has difficulty with the relationships between facts and values. The sociology of bioethics, the project developing by Fox as a participant observer, considers bioethics as a social and cultural phenomenon. This project has three ways of describing of bioethics; the historical description of bioethics, the analysis of ethos of bioethics, and the analysis of society. This analysis of society has the potential to explore bioethics sociologically.
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© 2008 The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan
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