The Elements for an Important Contribution to Bioethics

We find in Evandro Agazzi, in his thinking and in his personality, some elements that make his studies on the issues of bioethics solid and enriching.

First of all, as a philosopher of science, he studied complex scientific issues for many years.

On the other hand, he has always demonstrated strong attention to the ethi­cal aspects of human life, and therefore also of human behavior in science and in its applications. His well-known book entitled The Good, the Bad and Science (Agazzi 1992), is a clear example of his “ethical concerns”.

In my opinion, the epistemological realism cultivated and promoted by Agazzi throughout his intellectual career regarding bioethical issues is also very inter­esting - most recently expressed in his recent book Scientific Objectivity and Its Contexts (Agazzi 2014).

His anthropological vision seems equally fruitful to me, far from every kind of reductionism, open with intellectual honesty to the complexity and the transcend­ence of the human person.

As in all other disciplines he addresses, you can see the intellectual strength and rigor that also distinguish Evandro Agazzi when he deals with the issues of bioethics.

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