Published 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

The Bioethics and Biosafety technosciences and transcendence of limits

Description

Bioethics as a cultural phenomenon is nowadays presented as a paradigmatic locus of reflection, critical analysis, inquiries and debates about ethical problems and moral dilemmas provoked by scientific researches in the field of Biotechnology, with its innovations and applications. Humanity, since the middle of X X Th Century, lives under uncertainty and fear. Bioethics responds to the need of a ethical reflection which follows such inquiries and technological applications. One of the subjects of Bioethics is the biosafety, which deals with biohazards. In this process, there is a privileged place many questions such as technological evaluation, risk management and, in a special way, the precautionary principle. This study focus on these questions

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Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Bioetica e Bioseguransa As tecnociencias e a transcendencia de limites

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Gestion y Ambiente
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 115-124
ISSN
0124-177X

INIS

Country of Publication
Colombia
Country of Input or Organization
Colombia
INIS RN
40104889
Subject category
S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
CULTURAL RESOURCES; ETHICAL ASPECTS; EVALUATION; HAZARDS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; POLITICAL ASPECTS; POPULATIONS; PUBLIC OPINION; RESOURCES; SAFETY; SOCIOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; POPULATIONS; RESOURCES