ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF MAN AS AN INTEGRATED PERSONALITY IN THE CATHOLIC TRADITION OF BIOETHICS

Abstract

In modern bioethical research and the practice of their implementation, two opposite directions can be traced: ethical absolutism in Christian philosophy and ethical relativism in utilitarianism and pragmatism. Christian bioethics is based on the anthropological concept of man as integrated personality and social being. The thesis of the dignity of the human person is contained in the biblical concept of the creation of man in the image and likeness of God. The Christian anthropological concept is based on the perception of the individual as an inseparable unity of the physical and the spiritual. Christian moral norms should be seen in the context of the phenomenon of the gift.

Keywords

• anthropological concept
• integrated personality
• value
• dignity
• bioethics
• catholicism