title: Bioethics and the problem of natural teleology.
abstract: In this paper it is argued that a re-evaluation of a teleological philosophy of nature is necessary because, first, the acceptance of natural theology would be in more accordance with the position of (teological) (wo)man as a natural product of a natural evolutionary process and, second, it seems to be a prerequisite for the formulation of an adequate bio- und eco-ethics which stresses the "intrinsic value" of nature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy of Nature, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Soontiens
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D019368:Nature; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*