Bioethics as a bridge between human dignity, social participation, human rights and sustainable development goals
Abstract
This article reviews the origins of Bioethics, and the metaphor of a bridge between the sciences and the humanities. Analyses the idea of human dignity, and its Kantian realization. Finds that the human dignity is basic to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to its ethical validity. From here, analyzes the ethical importance of the Sustainable Development Goals. Presents social consensus as a reference to establish the ethical quality of the evaluative aspects of a given society. The ideas of Jürgen Habermas are used to establish the ethical importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Being, thus, also useful bioethical referents in practical dilemmas.
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