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Towards a feminist global ethics.

Rosemarie Tong
Published in: Global bioethics = Problemi di bioetica (2022)
In this article, I explain what makes a global bioethics "feminist" and why I think this development makes a better bioethics. Before defending this assertion explicitly, I engage in some preliminary work. First, I attempt to define global bioethics, showing why the so-called feminist sameness-difference debate [are men and women fundamentally the same or fundamentally different?] is of relevance to this attempt. I then discuss the difference between rights-based feminist approaches to global bioethics and care-based feminist approaches to global bioethics. Next, I agree with a significant number of feminist bioethicists that care is a more fundamental moral value and practice than justice. Finally, I conclude that feminists' insights about care, even more than rights, can bring us closer to achieving an inclusive, diverse, and fair feminist global bioethics.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • palliative care
  • quality improvement
  • primary care
  • machine learning
  • mental health
  • big data
  • artificial intelligence