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How might Levinas' concept of the other's priority and Derrida's unconditional hospitality contribute to the philosophy of the modern hospice movement?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2010

Ciro Augusto Floriani  and
Fermin Roland Schramm
Ciro Augusto Floriani*
Affiliation:
Bioethics Council, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fermin Roland Schramm
Affiliation:
National School of Public Health Sérgio Arouca, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Ciro Augusto Floriani, Rua Dr Nilo Peçanha, 01/1506, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, 24210-480, Brazil. E-mail: ciroafloriani@gmail.com
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Abstract

Hospitality is commonly referred as one of the meanings of hospes, the Latin word which is also the root of hospice. This article explores the semantics of the word hospice - the seal of identity of modern hospice movement - and attempts to integrate the meaning of hospitality into the modern hospice movement, understood as unconditional reception. Therefore, the article analyzes the concept of unconditional hospitality, developed by Jacques Derrida and that of ethical responsibility proposed by Emmanuel Levinas based on the phenomenological experience of the other. From this point of view, these two concepts tie in with the meaning of hospice, bringing substantial grounding elements to the hospice movement for the construction of a protective ethos.

Keywords

BioethicsDerridaHospitalityHospiceLevinasPalliative care
Type
Review Article
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 2010 , pp. 215 - 220
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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