TY - JOUR AB - In this article, the author, starting from the position of a personalistic ethics, criticizes the principlist bioethics of T. L. Beauchamp and J. F. Childress, which consists of four principles (respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice). According to the author, the latter model entails numerous problems, which can only be overcome when it is based instead on a personalistic norm. AU - Biesaga, Tadeusz DO - 10.5840/forphil200385 KW - personalism; principlism; procedural ethics; Beauchamp, Tom L.; Childress, James F.; bioethics of four principles; person’s dignity M3 - Article PY - 2003 SN - 1426-1898 (paper) 2353-7043 (online) SP - 23-34 ST - Personalism versus Principlism in Bioethics T2 - Forum Philosophicum TI - Personalism versus Principlism in Bioethics UR - https://www.pdcnet.org/forphil/content/forphil_2003_0008_0023_0032 VL - 08 ID - 269 ER -