From Ethics to Bioethics

Authors

  • Gerson Neves Pinto Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2015.33.11564

Keywords:

ethics, bioethics, genetics, contingency, principles

Abstract

Bioethics is in constant expansion to new moral and legal issues, but it is still incipient in its philosophical grounds. It presents itself as a new ethic for a new man, where classical ethics´ notions seem not justify the demands of the new questions raised by bioethics. This paper addresses the issue of new technologies and their ethical and legal boundaries. Assesses the contributions of two of the most important contemporary philosophers, Jürgen Habermas and Ronald Dworkin, establishing a possible dialogue between them and one of the founders of classical ethics, Aristotle.

Author Biography

Gerson Neves Pinto, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Doctor en Filosofía École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne - Paris, Maestro en Filosofía por la UFRGS y Profesor Adjunto de Filosofía del Derecho en la Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, RS, Brasil.

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How to Cite

Neves Pinto, G. (2015). From Ethics to Bioethics. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (33), 57–67. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2015.33.11564

Issue

2015: Núm. 33 - mar

Section

General section

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