Bioethics in pluricultural contexts: Epistemological problems and their relationship with Human Rights

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https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2023.58.39782

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Bioethics, Epistemology, Pluriculturality, Human Rights.

Abstract

The objective of the research is to identify the epistemological problems that arise in the knowledge and praxis of Bioethics in pluricultural and multiethnic contexts such as the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico, and to determine their relationship with human rights, specifically with the Human Rights Based Health Approach (HRBA). The method is the pragmatic epistemological realism of Jürgen Habermas. The results show two types of problems: the first is the type of subject-object relationship of knowledge in which the Other is subjectivized as an object and instrumentalized; and the second is the methodological reductionism and therefore the forms of verification of true propositions. As far as human rights linked to epistemological problems are concerned, they are mainly collective and secondarily individual, while the process of knowledge is a social, communal and historical phenomenon. We conclude that pluriculturality is a phenomenon that complexifies and enriches the work of Bioethics with a multiple reality of sensitive, intelligible and valuative type, this nexus shows the need to develop inter or transdisciplinary approaches that lessen both epistemological problems and the incidence in the violation of human rights.

Author Biographies

Roxana Nayeli Guerrero Sotelo, University of the Sierra Sur, Oaxaca

PhD. in Political Processes from UAM-I, Master in Law from UNAM, Bachelor in Law and intern in Philosophy from UNAM. Full-time professor-researcher at the Institute for Research on Public Health (IISSP) and Coordinator of the C.A. Inter and transdisciplinarity in health sciences, Bachelor of Nursing, Universidad de la Sierra Sur (UNSIS).

José Eduardo Orellana Centeno, University of the Sierra Sur UNSIS

PhD in Education, Master in Public Health by the UASLP, Bachelor in Stomatological Medicine by the UASLP. Full-time professor-researcher at the Institute for Research on Public Health (IISSP), Head of career in Dentistry, University of the Sierra Sur (UNSIS).

Melecio Honorio Juárez Pérez, University of the Sierra Sur UNSIS

Post-doctorate in Law, PhD in Civil Law, PhD in Criminal Law, Master in Comparative Criminal Systems and Social Problems, Master in Oral Trials and Accusatory System, and Bachelor in Law and Social Sciences.

Sergio Alberto Ramírez García, University of the Sierra Sur UNSIS

PhD. in Human Genetics, Master in Human Genetics and Licensed as a Surgeon and Midwife.

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2023-06-15

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Guerrero Sotelo, R. N., Orellana Centeno, J. E. ., Juárez Pérez, M. H., & Ramírez García, S. A. . (2023). Bioethics in pluricultural contexts: Epistemological problems and their relationship with Human Rights. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (58), 5–24. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2023.58.39782

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2023: Núm. 58 - jul

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Bioethical Perspectives

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