出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/27 01:50 UTC 版)
Joseph Fletcher (1905–1991) was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s, and was a pioneer in the field of bioethics. Fletcher was a leading academic involved in the topics of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, eugenics, and cloning. Ordained as an Episcopal priest, he later identified himself as an atheist.