Bioethics in México: the scope of the seculars philosophicals perspectives

Abstract

Beside being a discipline, bioethics is a social phenomenon closely linked to development of democracy, with repercussions on the theoretical field that influences its practice. There is a larger dissemination and incidence of reflection on the bioethical endeavor worldwide and in our country. In this article I will show critically the vitality of bioethics in Mexico in its social dimension and as well as in secular philosophy. I will name briefly, some historical background of the discipline and the creation of mexican institutions advocated to practical and theoretical aspects. Then I shall explain some of the most concern issues to society that constitute a detonator to the pending jobs of philosophical bioethics. I shall concentrate on the laity reflection of philosophers over some items that have affected equally in mexican social awareness and in the fields of medicine theory: AIDS, abortion and euthanasia, and in the biomedicine fields: eugenics and cloning. My main idea is that secular philosophical bioethics affects in different ways the social conscience, nevertheless there is much to do about it. At the end I raise some considerations about certain aspects that in my opinion could shorten distance between theory and practice.