Book by Mirosław Kowalski and Błażej Kmieciak Bioethics. Between law and pedagogy is undoubtedly an exceptional study, showing and analysing the influence of legal regulations on the shaping of moral attitudes, especially in the context of creating legal norms in the field of bioethics, as well as the influence of bioethics on various phenomena of social life. [...] is unique on the scale of the domestic publishing market, but also on the international market one can notice a lack of reliable analyses concerning the indicated problems. [...] issues related to the broadly understood politics of law and its functions are among the particularly important ones (of practical value). Moreover, indigenous thought, especially legal, sociological and pedagogical thought, has a rich and beautiful tradition in this respect. Thus, the authors are to be commended for making a successful attempt to familiarise and develop it. The book is written in a "light", clear and at the same time factual manner. The reader will find many interesting issues analysed in an in-depth and at the same time user-friendly manner.
The book represents a much-needed and much-anticipated position in our times. It is a competent, highly erudite, accessible and at the same time in-depth study of bioethics focused on issues related to the upbringing and teaching of the ability to make responsible decisions. The authors outline the foundations of ethical human action in the face of bioethics issues, with particular emphasis on legal and pedagogical perspectives. They [...] address the broad background of the issues of philosophy of education and ethics, putting them in an interesting anthropological perspective and focusing their attention on the philosophy of education for moral action in the field of bioethics. [...] It is a much-needed work for Polish philosophical, bioethical, anthropological and pedagogical thought, making a valuable contribution to research into the philosophy of upbringing in general, and pedagogical bioethics and the philosophy of moral upbringing in particular. I therefore hope that the theses contained in the book and the promotion of a pedagogical approach to bioethics, as well as the moral aspects of upbringing and teaching, will stimulate deep reflection not only among researchers, students of pedagogy and ethics, but also practitioners.
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