ORIGINAL RESEARCH
“Bioethics: Bridge to the Future” (1971) by Potter VR as an intellectual manifesto: to the 50th Anniversary of the book release
Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Denis E. Firsov
ul.Revolutsionnaya, 5, Yaroslavl region, Yaroslavl, 150000; ur.liam@076003f
This article analyzes the book "Bioethics: Bridge to the Future" by Potter VR as a personal message, a manifesto of an intellectual, a display of spiritual search against the backdrop of a crisis of ideologies, then looks into the factors that shaped the bioethical concept and establishes the significance this work and the bioethical concept have in the 21st century.
Keywords: bioethics, Potter VR, intellectuals, "creative class", responsibility