Definition of Bioethics

Donev, Dejan (2025) Definition of Bioethics. CENTRAL EUROPEAN THEOLOGICAL REVIEW. ANNUAL THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL (2). pp. 66-70. ISSN 3057-9619

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Abstract

This article offers a critical scholarly review of Roman Globokar’s Bioetika (2025), published bythe Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana, with particular emphasis on the conceptualand methodological framework developed in its first chapter, “Definition of Bioethics.” The analysis examines Globokar’s reconstruction of the historical development of bioethics, especiallythe distinction between Van Rensselaer Potter’s holistic and ecological conception of bioethicsand the predominantly biomedical Georgetown tradition associated with Beauchamp and Childress. Particular attention is given to Globokar’s attempt to move beyond a narrowly clinicalunderstanding of bioethics toward an integrative ethics of life encompassing environmental responsibility, social justice, global health, non-human life, ecosystems, and future generations.The review further considers the book’s engagement with European philosophical traditions,personalist anthropology, and Christian theological perspectives, as well as its treatment of theinstitutional development of bioethics in Slovenia. The article argues that Globokar’s principalcontribution lies in his effort to reconnect bioethics with its broader philosophical, anthropological, ecological, and theological foundations. In doing so, Bioetika presents bioethics as aninterdisciplinary and socially engaged field grounded in human dignity, ecological integrity, responsibility, and solidarity.

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