Collected Volumes & Monographs
Prinzipien der Bioethik
Beauchamp, T. L. / Childress, J. F.; Lanzerath, D. / Halsband, A. (eds.); Pelger, J. (transl.) (2024): Prinzipien der Bioethik. Baden-Baden: Verlag Karl Alber.
This volume contains the first translation of the »Principles of Biomedical Ethics« into German. It is not only an easily read interdisciplinary textbook of medical ethics for health professions, but it is also a significant contribution to applied philosophical ethics. The approach developed by Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress has been received worldwide since the first edition and by now surpasses that edition’s application of principles for issues in medical ethics. The theoretical model based on principles reacts systematically to the upheavals in medical science that became only too clear in the early 20th century. In these times, medical ethics lacked a systematic philosophical reflection, especially an overarching approach that proved to be equally acceptable, compatible and practical from various ethical theories’ perspectives. Traditionally, medical practice was characterised by ist orientation towards a doctoral ethos and therefore tended to be informed by virtue ethics. Now, deontological or utilitarian patterns increasingly incorporate themselves ad hoc or intuitively into the presented arguments meant for the moral judgement of singular cases or situations of modern medicine. However, in this period of upheaval in medicine and medical ethics, convincing attempts at combining the different ethical theories and traditions or at resolving contradictions were not discernible yet. In light of this, this volume fills the described gap. Starting with the first edition in 1979, the authors have been continuing to develop their model up to the 2019 edition. [more]
Medizinische Forschung und COVID-19
Lanzerath, D. / Graf von Kielmansegg, S. (eds.) (2024): Medizinische Forschung und COVID-19. Strukturelle Herausforderungen für Deutschland. Münster: LIT.
Research has not only contributed on many levels to overcoming the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it also plays an important role in the endemic phase after the pandemic in coming to terms with what has been experienced and missed. Nevertheless, critical questions must also be asked about research. This is because many fields have not been worked on intensively enough, data has been missing or incorrectly processed for some areas, interdisciplinary collaboration has not always been clever, and time pressure has led to violations of good scientific practice. Against this background, this volume from the Medical Ethics series reflects critically and on an interdisciplinary level on the experiences of medical research during the COVID-19 crisis. [more]
Der Maßstab der Autonomie
Wagner, R. (2023): Der Maßstab der Autonomie. Paderborn: brill | mentis.
The main thesis of the text is this: Human self-determination is subject to a standard that is equally valid for every person. This Kantian thought connects autonomy and ethics. The moralized understanding of autonomy stands in opposition to individualistic notions which can be found in medical ethics. The book presents both ethical as well as conceptual reasons for this understanding. [more]
Bioeconomy and Sustainability
Lanzerath, D. / Schurr, U. / Pinsdorf, C. / Stake, M. (eds.) (2022). Bioeconomy and Sustainability: Perspectives from Natural and Social Sciences, Economics and Ethics. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG.
In this edited volume, scientists from different disciplines discuss modern biotechnological processes and a knowledge-based bioeconomy. The authors base their arguments on ecological, economic, legal, social and ethical aspects. Moreover, they explore the opportunities, risks, and challenges of bioeconomic concepts and biotechnologies in many subject areas. The chapters consider land use, nature and environment, nutrition, technology and governance, energy, economy, law and regulation, as well as ethics. A special focus should be on new technologies and how they can be used, without compromising the ambitious goal of creating a more sustainable, but also fair world.
To do justice to this broad array of topics, the editors frame all topics in overarching introductions and close the volume with final conclusions. Thereby this volume offers data and critical thoughts for any member of a Bioeconomy – be it from academia, the industry or public regulation. [more]
Natur, Ethik und Ästhetik
Sturma, D. (ed.) (2022): Natur, Ethik und Ästhetik. Paderborn: brill | mentis.
The expression “nature” has seen revisions since its beginning in the Ionian philosophy, with changes both in the differentiation of its content and the hierarchisations of abstractions. This complexity is anything but semantically unfortunate. The conceptual changes reflect the place of the human life form in nature and its epistemic, ethical and aesthetic attitudes towards nature. The contributions discuss the various aspects of the human relationship to nature. [more]
Wittgenstein's Metametaphysics and the Realism-idealism Debate
Bartmann, M. (2021): Wittgenstein's Metametaphysics and the Realism-idealism Debate. Palgrave Macmillan.
This book develops a new Wittgenstein interpretation called Wittgenstein’s Metametaphysics. The basic idea is that one major strand in Wittgenstein’s early and later philosophy can be described as undermining the dichotomy between realism and idealism. The aim of this book is to contribute to a better understanding of the relation between language and reality and to open up avenues of dialogue to overcome deep divides in the research literature. In the course of developing a comprehensive and in-depth interpretation, the author provides fresh and original analyses of the latest issues in Wittgenstein scholarship and gives new answers to both major exegetical and philosophical problems. This makes the book an illuminating study for scholars and advanced students alike. [more]
The Development of Medical Devices - Ethical, Legal and Methodological Impacts of the EU Medical Device Regulation
Lanzerath, D. / Graf von Kielmansegg, S. / Hasford, J. (eds.) (2020): The Development of Medical Devices. Ethical, Legal and Methodological Impacts of the EU Medical Device Regulation. Wien: LIT.
Medical devices include objects, substances and software that are used for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes for humans. However, the main intended effect, in contrast to medicinal products, is not primarily pharmacological, metabolic or immunological, but usually physical or physicochemical. The innovation cycles for many modern implantable medical devices are estimated to be about 18 months, for software even shorter. It is obvious that the evaluation of the performance, the effectiveness, the benefits and risks of a medical devices is very different compared to medicinal products. The recent EU- Regulation on medical devices asks for very requirements regarding the systematic evaluation of medical devices in humans and the procedures for granting the CE mark. The recent volume of the series MEDICAL ETHICS addresses the ethical, legal, methodological, and practical challenges arising from the Regulation regarding the development and use of medical devices. [more]
Ethics of Research Involving Minors
Lanzerath, D. / Rietschel, M. (eds.) (2018): Ethics of Research Involving Minors. A European Perspective. Wien: LIT.
Research involving minors is an area of controversy within medical ethics and medical law. Minors represent a vulnerable group, for whom particular protective measures are required and who should be excluded from research that does not offer the prospect of direct benefit. However, the exclusion of minors from research into disorders of relevance to their age group precludes the potential for beneficial medical advances. Furthermore, effective prevention strategies for common medical conditions with an origin in childhood and adolescence, such as mental disorders, require the delineation of those who are at increased risk. This volume considers the ethical challenges of research with minors for the researchers, but also for the involved research ethics committees. In particular, it reflects how minors can be more involved in the decision- making- processes and reports about the experiences in conducting the European multicentric research project IMAGEMEND. [more]
Forschungsethik und klinische Forschung
Lanzerath, D. (ed.) (2016): Forschungsethik und klinische Forschung. Zur Debatte um die EU-Verordnung zu klinischen Studien. Wien: LIT.
Die neue EU- Verordnung für die Neuregelung der klinischen Prüfung mit Arzneimitteln wird von vielen Beobachtern als ein Rückschritt in der Kodifizierung der medizinischen Forschung angesehen. Gerade durch die in ihr auszumachende Marginalisierung von Ethik- Kommissionen wird ein gewichtiges prozedurales Prinzip geschwächt. Der vorliegende Band möchte aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive zum Diskurs über die Entstehungsgeschichte, die praktischen Auswirkungen sowie die ethischen Herausforderungen der EU- Verordnung beitragen. [more]
Konkrete Nachhaltigkeit
Halsband, A. (2016): Konkrete Nachhaltigkeit: Welche Natur wir für zukünftige Generationen erhalten sollten. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Die Forderung nach mehr Nachhaltigkeit wird häufig mit Verweis auf die Lebensbedingungen zukünftiger Generationen begründet. Dabei bleibt oft unterbestimmt, was daraus konkret folgt. Hier setzt die Analyse an und fragt angesichts des gegenwärtigen Rückgangs der Biodiversität, welche Natur für Zukünftige erhalten werden sollte. Eine Antwort ergibt sich mit Bezug auf allgemeine Voraussetzungen für ein gutes Leben. Entlang von menschlichen Funktionsfähigkeiten (capabilities) werden die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen biodiverser Natur und einem guten Leben herausgearbeitet. Eingebettet in einen Ansatz sozialer Gerechtigkeit leiten sich hieraus Erhaltungspflichten ab, die auf den Bereich intergenerationeller Gerechtigkeit ausgeweitet werden. Schrittweise entsteht ein Leitfaden, der wesentliche gesellschaftliche Entscheidungen im Kontext der Biodiversitätsbedrohung und der intergenerationellen Gerechtigkeit strukturiert und so die Reichweite des staatlichen Nachhaltigkeitsauftrags darlegt. [more]
Handbuch Bioethik
Sturma, D. / Heinrichs, B. (eds.) (2015): Handbuch Bioethik. Stuttgart: Metzler.
On the boundary issues of life. Bioethics - a subject of intense debate in the scientific discourse and of controversial discussions in the general public. The handbook explains the basics and gives an overview of areas where bioethical issues are relevant, such as human dignity, life, death and disease. Additionally, it addresses specific bioethical issues such as the permissibility of euthanasia, preimplantation diagnostics or embryonic stem cell research and indicates the interfaces of bioethics with other disciplines and societal spheres (bioethics in teaching, biopolitics, biolaw and ethics committees). [more]
Concepts and Values in Biodiversity
Lanzerath, D. / Friele, M. (eds.) (2014). Concepts and Values in Biodiversity. London: Routledge.
Biodiversity may refer to the diversity of genes, species or ecosystems in general. These varying concepts of biodiversity occasionally lead to conflicts among researchers and policy makers, as each of them require a customized type of protection strategy. This book addresses the questions surrounding the merits of conserving an existing situation, evolutionary development or the intentional substitution of one genome, species or ecosystem for another. Any practical steps towards the protection of biodiversity demand a definition of that which is to be protected and, in turn, the motivations for protecting biodiversity. Is biodiversity a necessary model which is also useful, or does it carry intrinsic value? Debates like this are particularly complex when interested parties address it from different conceptual and moral perspectives. Comprised of three parts, each complemented by a short introductory paragraph, this collection presents a variety of approaches to this challenge. [more]
Incidental Findings
Lanzerath, D. / Heinrichs, B. / Rietschel, M. / Schmäl, C. (eds.) (2013): Incidental Findings. Scientific, Legal and Ethical Issues. Köln: Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag.
Der weit verbreitete Einsatz von bildgebenden Verfahren in Forschungsprojekten wirft im Bereich der Bioethik Fragen und Probleme auf, besonders im Hinblick auf „Zufallsbefunde“ (engl. incidental findings). Aufgrund fehlender einheitlicher Richtlinien in Europa zum Umgang mit Zufallsbefunden, befasst sich dieses Band mit der Frage, wie mit pathologischen Befunden umgegangen werden soll, die im Kontext von Forschungsprojekten „zufällig“ bei (vermeintlich) gesunden Probanden erhoben werden. Die Inhalte sind z.T. in englischer Sprache verfasst. Der Anhang des Bandes umfasst die Dokumentation der 30. Jahresversammlung des Arbeitskreises Medizinischer Ethik- Kommissionen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V. sowie das Manuskript von Herrn Prof. Raspe und Frau Dr. Hüppe zum Thema „Zum Selbstverständnis einer medizinischen Forschungsethikkommission“. [more]
Krankheit und ärztliches Handeln
Lanzerath, D. (2000): Krankheit und ärztliches Handeln. Zur Funktion des Krankheitsbegriffs in der medizinischen Ethik. Freiburg: Karl Alber.
Die zu ethischen Irritationen führenden Erweiterungen der Handlungsmöglichkeiten innerhalb der modernen Medizin werfen die Frage nach dem Krankheitsbegriff und seiner handlungsleitenden Funktion in signifikanter Weise neu auf. Die Rekonstruktion des Krankheitsbegriffs in seiner Verwiesenheit auf Natur, Gesellschaft und Subjekt erschließt zum einen sein Verhältnis zu anderen Schlüsselbegriffen wie Gesundheit, Lebensqualität sowie Behinderung und zeigt zum anderen die Integration verschiedener Aspekte und Bezüge in die Einheit eines praktischen Begriffs und Urteils. Ein so entwickelter Krankheitsbegriff orientiert sich daran, Kranksein als eine Weise des Menschseins so zu fassen, dass die kommunikative Komponente des seine Befindlichkeit mitteilenden Menschen wesentlich zur Konstitution von Krankheit gehört. Dabei erweist sich der Arzt als jene Instanz, die dem um Selbstauslegung bemühten Kranken nicht nur im engeren Sinne therapeutische, sondern auch - gegen technizistische Verkürzungen - hermeneutische Hilfestellung gibt. [more]