U.10 THE CONSCIENCE OF SCIENCE: BIOETHICS Flashcards
In the field of medicine the emerge of bioethics was in…
20 century
Who were the founders of bioethics?
- Van Rensselaer Potter
- André Hellegers
In biomedicine ethics work on publicly exposing the…
abuse of medicine on bodies
In biomedicine ethics work on questioning the hegemony of the…
Catolic church
In biomedicine ethics work on the struggle for empowerment of…
women, sexuality and mentally ill
In biomedicine ethics fight for…
patients rights
bioethics need to…
regulate science and technology and the health industry.
Bioethics fight for…
Global problems: organ trafficking, health tourism, bioterrorism …
On bioethics technology is apply to the body….
- The body as a primary space inscribed by power.
- Posthumanism: biology is not an end; we can go beyond it.
Global institutions of bioethics?
WHO
UNESCO
Bioethics is not limited to….
using theoretical ethics to solve a problem; there are no formulas.
In the theoretical approche of bioethics is important…
Moral relativism and the need for universal moral laws.
In proffesional ethics they applies very …
strict moral rules that are abstract and difficult to apply.
In proffesional ethics god as the source of…
morality and the sacredness of life.
In utilitarianism the actions are good if they…
offer the maximum usefulness