Anthropological medicine and bioethics. Viktor von WeizsäCker on the Nüremberg trial Medicina antropológica y bioética. Viktor von Weizsäcker sobre el juicio de Nürenberg

Abstract

This article is an account of the «Heidelberg School» of German anthropological medicine that culminated in the work of Viktor von Weizsäcker. It describes the main stages of its development, its relationships with U.S. neobioethics and the influence of its key concepts on the analysis undertaken in 1947 by Viktor von Weizsäcker of the trial of National Socialist doctors at Nüremberg. Special attention is paid to the concepts of reciprocity and solidarity and the relationship between medicine and other disciplines.