Abstract

MOLINA-RICAURTE, Carlos Jesús. Bioethics committees. Aspects of Interest in the Relationship Between Bioethics and Law. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.1, pp.11-28.  Epub June 21, 2022. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.5174.

The bioethics committees support the social and governmental instances that are responsible for making decisions on issues related to the development of new technologies on life. These issues are characterized by their problematic and conflictive nature. The reflections and decisions that come from the bioethics committees can be analyzed in relation to the sources of law. This being the case, it must be admitted that the law has to open itself to another class of discourses, which touches the very heart of the science of law. The article presents the object of the research explaining several aspects that are considered relevant to understanding the relationship between bioethics and law; then, it develops a discussion based on some critical or theoretical elements based on the results found in the bibliographic search; finally, the article formulates a thesis or solution. The method followed is analytical-synthetic. Strictly speaking, the article does not deal with providing practical solutions to problems in bioethics, but rather with analyzing, in a general way, a new field of interaction between bioethics and law.

Keywords : bioethics; bioethics committee; law; sources of law; morality.

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