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Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética
Print version ISSN 1657-4702On-line version ISSN 2462-859X
Abstract
ALICIARDI, María Belén. DOES AN ECO-BIOETHICS OR ENVIRONMENTAL BIOETHICS EXIST?. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.1, pp.8-27. ISSN 1657-4702.
This article intends to summarize environmental issues and its outlook for elucidation and solution. Through this work, explained the Bioethics role as a discipline, which throw light upon place of individuals within universe. Likewise, supports the need to approach environmental issues through analysis, not only from Ecology, including of social and cultural aspects. Reach as economic reliance and gap between poor and rich countries, which play an important role on this topic. Thought expose fused philosophical elements clearing up breach among man and nature, with a personal bioecological environmental point of view regarding this issue. The human being has the moral obligations of acting thinking on the luck of the other ones, of avoiding the destruction of the human existence and of looking after the care of the nature for the future generations, to get the Quality of Life, for what the transfer of noxious technology from the developed countries should be avoided with base in the ethical principles of non make damage, justice and responsibility. The humanity's efforts should point to make science with conscience, to the human being's reconciliation with their habitat, harmonizing the man's dignity with the dignity of the nature, having like base the Sustainability Development.
Keywords : Environmental issues; bioethics; ecology; social and cultural aspects; quality of life; ethical principles of non make damage; justice and responsibility; to make science with conscience; sustainability development.