Zum Verhältnis von Geschichte und Ethik in der Medizin (original) (raw)

The article tries to clarify the relation between history of medicine and medical ethics. Theretbre it distinguishes between the double meaning of the german word "Geschichte', which means both: "development of events" and "story". For the first option no systematic relation between history and ethics can be reconstructed. In the second sense historical knowledge can be a readable and worth reading text for the ethical debate. Therefore the methodological professionality of the historian is required.