Current Academic Relevance of Personalist Bioethics. Quantitative Analysis and Comparison with Elio Sgreccia’s Original Proposal
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Ontological personalism and personalist bioethics place the human person at the center of ethical considerations, advocating respect that reflects the intrinsic dignity and value of the person. This paper seeks to quantitatively evidence what is the academic influence of BPOF in today’s world and what is the vision that current bioethicists, considered personalists, have of BPOF itself, in order to establish a comparison with the original proposal. This helps us to better understand their criticisms and updates to favor a better understanding of the BPOF proposal and its dialogue with today’s world. The number of publications shows the influence of the BPOF in the academic world. The analysis of these reveals that many of the bioethical publications catalogued as personalist are not specific to the BPOF, as they lack the foundation, methodology or argumentation of the BPOF itself. This lack can lead to these singular proposals not being truly effective in the defense and promotion of the dignity of every human being, in addition to generating confusion in the understanding of the BPOF due to its lack of unity.
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