Evidens, estetikk og etikk

Medisinen i skjæringspunktet mellom det sanne, det skjønne og det gode

Authors

  • Bjørn Hofmann NTNU, Gjøvik and UiO, Oslo (HTA, emergence and formation of technology, ethics of technology, ART, diagnostics, screening, gene editing, science ethics, knowledge generation, forms of rationality, medical concepts, medical ethics)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v16i1.4822

Abstract

Helsevesenet har blitt en sentral samfunnsaktør og medisinen dets førende fag. Hvorfor har det blitt slik? En grunn er at medisinen fører sammen sfærer som ellers har vært adskilt: det sanne, det gode og det skjønne. Medisinen som fag og helsevesenet som institusjon, har blitt et fascinerende skjæringspunkt nettopp mellom evidens, etikk og estetikk. Her kobles kunnskap til det som er vondt og skjønnhet til det som er friskt. Kunnskapsproduksjonen dirigeres ut fra ønsket om å gjøre det gode ved å unngå det vonde. Samtidig styres helsevesenets normer også av estetikkens normer. Koblingene mellom evidens, estetikk og etikk gir noen grunnleggende utfordringer, som det er viktig å være oppmerksom på. Riktig håndtert gjør de helsevesenet generelt og medisinen spesielt til et fascinerende og fruktbart skjæringspunkt mellom det sanne, det gode og det skjønne.

Nøkkelord: Evidens, etikk, estetikk, sannhete, godhet, skjønnhet

 

English Title: Evidence, ethics and aesthetics: Medicine at the intersection of the true, the good and the beautiful

Abstract: While Western history of ideas has tried to differentiate truth, goodness, and beauty, medicine is a fascinating meeting place precisely between evidence, ethics, and aesthetics. In medicine, knowledge is connected to pain and suffering and beauty to health. The production of knowledge is directed towards doing good by avoiding bad. At the same time, medicine is also governed by aesthetics. A range of challenges follow from the connection between the three spheres, but if we are attentive to the interconnectedness medicine becomes a fascinating and fruitful rendezvous of truth, goodness, and beauty.

Keywords: Evidence, ethics, aesthetics, truth, goodness, beauty

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Published

2022-06-23

How to Cite

Hofmann, B. (2022). Evidens, estetikk og etikk: Medisinen i skjæringspunktet mellom det sanne, det skjønne og det gode. Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 16(1), 33-52. https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v16i1.4822

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No. 1 (2022)

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Artikler - Articles

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