{"id":6627,"date":"2016-03-11T16:01:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6627"},"modified":"2018-03-05T22:17:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T06:17:32","slug":"bioethics-and-natural-law-an-interview-with-john-keown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6627","title":{"rendered":"Bioethics and natural law: an interview with John Keown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>BioEdge<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Xavier Symons John Keown<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/authors.aspx#John_Keown\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bioethics discourse is often divided into two broad categories: utilitarian perspectives and so-called deontological or Kantian approaches to ethics. An alternative viewpoint that receives far less attention is a natural law perspective on ethics and medicine. The natural law approach emphasizes interests or ends common to all members of humanity, and offers a teleological account of morality and human flourishing.<\/p>\n<p>Professor John Keown of Georgetown University&#8217;s Kennedy Institute for Ethics recently co-authored a book on natural law with the late Georgetown Professor Alfonso G\u00f3mez-Lobo. The book is entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/press.georgetown.edu\/book\/georgetown\/bioethics-and-human-goods\"> <em>Bioethics and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics<\/em><\/a>. The Deputy Editor of <em>BioEdge<\/em>, Xavier Symons, interviewed Professor Keown about his latest work.<br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/project\/ethics\/ethics013.aspx\"> <strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioEdge Xavier Symons John Keown* Bioethics discourse is often divided into two broad categories: utilitarian perspectives and so-called deontological or Kantian approaches to ethics. An alternative viewpoint that receives far less attention is a natural law perspective on ethics and medicine. The natural law approach emphasizes interests or ends common to all members of humanity, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6627\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bioethics and natural law: an interview with John Keown&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[508],"tags":[2186,2184,2185],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethical-commentary","tag-alfonso-gomez-lobo","tag-john-keown","tag-natural-law"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Bioethics and natural law: an interview with John Keown - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6627\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bioethics and natural law: an interview with John Keown - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BioEdge Xavier Symons John Keown* Bioethics discourse is often divided into two broad categories: utilitarian perspectives and so-called deontological or Kantian approaches to ethics. 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