BIOETHICS IN THE WORLD: STATUS QUAESTIONIS IN 2025
Bioethics: a comprehensive, global, current, retrospective and prospective approach to human behavior in medicine and other life sciences.
PRESENTATION OF THE VOLUME
Dr. José María Simón Castellví
Bioethics is interdisciplinary, and is at the intersection of multiple fields of knowledge, including medicine, biology, philosophy, sociology, psychology and theology. It also involves economics (e.g., resource distribution), journalism (communication), etc. Its objective is to examine the ethical implications of scientific and technological advances by reflecting on human conduct and the inherent dignity of each person. In this presentation, I will give some notes on the complexity and relevance of bioethics, its most basic foundations, its impact on critical decisions and its role in the search for the common good; without losing sight of the reality that evil accompanies us almost always.
Bioethics plays a crucial role in the way we understand and manage human life in the context of medical and scientific advances. Studying human behavior from an interdisciplinary perspective allows us to value the intrinsic greatness of each person and to face ethical dilemmas with a critical and compassionate eye.
Through the study and practice of bioethics we can contribute to a future in which scientific advances are used for good, always recognizing the valuable life of each human being, each second of life, and the necessary respect for the dignity that we all deserve. In these lines I have presented an introductory overview of bioethics, highlighting the importance of approaching this discipline with a committed and conscious view of the complexity of the human condition, and the imperative to resist the tendency to evil, always guided by the desire to do good.
The authors who have contributed to this book, from different languages, disciplines and specialties, cover the entire bioethical spectrum. I know them all and appreciate them a lot. It is true that most of them are doctors, but also humanists. I believed that with the contribution of these renowned professionals we would have an exact x-ray of how the discipline of bioethics stands today, in this jubilee year of 2025, in the world. And also where the challenges and problems come from, and how we can face the future with confidence despite the difficulties.
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