Ethics, Health, Communication

Dialog

The core challenge of bioethics

Meanings of Ethics

• Habit, custom.

• Character.

• Dialog.

Reflection on, and rational justification of, moral behavior in society.

Science is communication

• Science is language– Poiesis (object sciences) - Invention– Praxis (action sciences) - Innovation– Transformation

• Disciplines are discourses• Discourse: integration between speakers

and languages plus social interest (aesthetic, utilitarian, hermeneutic)

Health As a Construction

• Semantic spaces: personal, technical, social

• Different discourses in need of translation rules

• Bioethics as a dialogical bridge– Between people (and interests) – Between disciplines– Between rationalities

Levels of Cognitive Construction

• Facts – Data

• Information and news (meaningful data)

• Knowledge (organized information)– Formal knowledge– Lay knowledge and beliefs

• Wisdom (personal virtue)

Bioethical Principles

• Autonomy and dignity of human beings

• Non-maleficence

• Beneficence

• Justice (equity)

Forms of Praxis in Health Care and Research

• Teleological

• Strategic

• Normative

• Dramaturgic

• Communicative