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Retrieving the Primal Ethos of Life: (Bio)Ethics in the Love of Being

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Such moral questions are obviously not uniquely abstract, but must be applied in the world. What does the metaxological rethinking of the community and goodness imply for discussions in bioethics? Roberto Dell’Oro argues that contemporary bioethics would benefit from a metaxological reappreciation of the goodness of being, and especially the value of givenness.

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Dell’Oro, R. (2018). Retrieving the Primal Ethos of Life: (Bio)Ethics in the Love of Being. In: Vanden Auweele, D. (eds) William Desmond’s Philosophy between Metaphysics, Religion, Ethics, and Aesthetics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98992-1_10

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