Responsibility: a principle to resume in bioethical reflection

Abstract

Science and its arm, technology, may focus on an anthropocentric logic if they insist on satisfying only human needs at the expense of the mastery (or destruction) of nature and coexisting species. It is also possible that they serve to economic and political powers and investigate only under a logic focused on profit. Within this panorama, a call is made to an act of conscience for the proposal of the German philosopher Hans Jonas on responsibility principle, which claims for a reflection beyond the immediate relations, including nature, animals and future generations in the formulation of a new ethics that should be taught and practiced from the academy.

Keywords

• education
• ethics research
• ethical review
• principle-based ethics
• social responsibility