This essay summarizes the debate surrounding Matti Häyry's proposal for a non-confrontational rationality in bioethics. After critically analyzing and summarizing all the positions presented in the debate, the author argues that non-confrontational rationality must always be the first step in the bioethical method, which, however, cannot ignore a secondary confrontational aspect. Both the confrontational and non-confrontational aspects, on their own, risk becoming pathological.

A non confrontational notion of rationality. In search of a method for bioethics

Fabrizio Turoldo
2026

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This essay summarizes the debate surrounding Matti Häyry's proposal for a non-confrontational rationality in bioethics. After critically analyzing and summarizing all the positions presented in the debate, the author argues that non-confrontational rationality must always be the first step in the bioethical method, which, however, cannot ignore a secondary confrontational aspect. Both the confrontational and non-confrontational aspects, on their own, risk becoming pathological.
2026
Acta Philosophica Fennica
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