Abstract

ROSAS-JIMENEZ, Carlos Alberto. SOLIDARITY AS A BIOETHICAL VALUE: UM VALOR BIOÉTICO. pers.bioét. [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.1, pp.10-25. ISSN 0123-3122.

One of the many proposals put forth recently in the revival of bioethics concerns solidarity, which is part of the agenda for the discipline in the twenty-first century. In this article, solidarity is pro-posed as a bioethical value, inasmuch as it cannot be achieved without considering the person towards whom one shows solidarity and without taking into account his or her environment. It is not possible to make bioethical judgments or to accomplish in-depth biological thinking when forgetting the person who is at the source or heart of the matter. Based on a study of the experience of a group of health volunteers in Medellin (Colombia), this research found evidence of the existence of three elements that, together, serve as a hinge between solidarity and bioethics.

Keywords : Bioethics; ethics; health.

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