Abstract

The paper explores philosophical prerequisites for a special bioethical conception and an approach based on pragmatism. It argues that the characteristic features of classical pragmatism, such as naturalism, experimentalism, Dewey’s logic as a method of inquiry and solving life problems, humanism, resolution of individual/community dua- lism as well as the main features of pragmatist ethics , and even some others all may well serve as highly relevant points of departure and tools for dismantling complex bioethical issues. In conclusion it gives a brief outline of how pragmatist bioethics, being still in its statu nascendi, takes into account some of the contemporary topical problems