Les personnes appel\u00e9es \u00e0 faire partie d’un comit\u00e9 national d’\u00e9thique sont choisies \u00e0 raison de leurs connaissances pratiques d’un domaine de la recherche biom\u00e9dicale, ou d’un secteur particulier de la vie sociale, ou d’une tradition philosophique ou spirituelle, \u2013 le th\u00e9ologien entrant \u00e9videmment dans cette troisi\u00e8me cat\u00e9gorie sans \u00eatre pour autant le repr\u00e9sentant attitr\u00e9 d’une \u00c9glise. Le bon fonctionnement du comit\u00e9 requiert, comme premi\u00e8re base \u00e9thique, un apprentissage de la communication entre ces diff\u00e9rents experts et une grande attention aux donn\u00e9es techniques des questions \u00e0 \u00e9lucider. Chaque groupe d’experts aborde, en effet, les enjeux \u00e9thiques de ces questions du point de vue propre \u00e0 leurs disciplines professionnelles ; cependant, \u00e0 d\u00e9faut d’int\u00e9r\u00eats ou de convergences id\u00e9ologiques, des r\u00e9f\u00e9rences communes \u00e0 la dignit\u00e9 de la personne, aux droits de l’homme, au devoir moral, \u00e0 la responsabilit\u00e9, permettent de n\u00e9gocier des compromis prudentiels entre des valeurs oppos\u00e9es. Le th\u00e9ologien intervient dans ces d\u00e9bats, souvent de concert avec le philosophe, pour approfondir l’approche rationnelle des probl\u00e8mes, soutenir l’irr\u00e9ductibilit\u00e9 de la personne, \u00e9largir le regard aux dimensions de l’humanit\u00e9 enti\u00e8re.<\/p>\n
Olivier de DINECHIN. – Theologian in a national committee on ethics<\/p>\n
Those called to participate in a national committee on ethics are cbosen on the basis of their practical knowledge in a field of biomedical researcb, or of a particular sector of social life, or of a philosophical or spiritual tradition. The theologian, wbo obviously belongs to this third category, is not necessarily a qualified representative of a Church. The smooth functioning of the committee requires, as its first ethical basis, an apprenticeship in communication between these different experts and witb great attention given to the technical aspects of the questions to be clarified. Each group of experts tackles the ethical stakes of these questions from their own professional disciplines point of view. However, in the absence of common interests or ideological convergencies, the references they share as regards human dignity, human rights, moral duty, and responsibility, permit the negociation of prudent compromises concerning contradictory values. It is at this point that theologians enter into the debate. They often work with philosophers in order to deepen a rational approach to the problems, to support the integrity of the person, and to broaden their perpective to encompass all of humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"