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KMID : 1172020210220020053
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Journal of Korean Bioethics Association
2021 Volume.22 No. 2 p.53 ~ p.73
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A Study on Narrative Ethics Approach: Its Application to Disgust of COVID-19
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Kim Jun-Hewk
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Abstract
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This study introduces the recent development of the field of narrative ethics and applies it to real cases. First of all, narrative ethics refers to a methodology that seeks to find the morally best conclusion or ending in the present case of biomedical ethics by focusing on the past and the future of the situation, the representation of the related parties, and the unspoken contents. It analyzes and interprets the case of biomedical ethics using methods of narratology to identify the details of the case and examines the unheard voices to reconstruct the narrative of the case. This aims to imagine what is the best closure for each party in the current case. The paper selected the issue of disgust in COVID-19 as a real-life example for applying narrative ethics. For an narrative ethics approach, the paper reconstructs the related narrative and explores solutions for the related parties based on the narrative. Therefore, the infectious disease narrative in South Korea was reconstructed, which is a work to find the origin of disgust against infectious disease. It confirmed that how the Japanese Empire and colonial Joseon dealt with leprosy remain in the awareness and responses to infectious diseases in South Korea, suggesting that this forms a cultural and historical basis for the emotion of disgust against infectious diseases such as AIDS and COVID-19. According to the reconstructed narrative, the paper argues that the disgust is changeable, and the transformation of the emotion of disgust can be the goal of the narrative ethics approach that seeks the best of all parties in the case. Finally, we identify how we can respond to disgust based on the newly structured narrative. If disgust is the fundamental feeling of rejecting the other who cannot be mixed with me, the narrative is the most powerful weapon that can change the line between me and the other.
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KEYWORD
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Narrative Ethics, Narrative Medicine, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Disgust
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