Ethics, Health, Communication

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Ethics, Health, Communication

• Dialog
• The core challenge of bioethics

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Meanings of Ethics

• Habit, custom.
• Character.
• Dialog.
• Reflection on, and rational justification of,
  moral behavior in society.

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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)

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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

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Levels of Cognitive Construction

• Facts Data
• Information and news (meaningful data)
• Knowledge (organized information)
• Formal knowledge
• Lay knowledge and beliefs
• Wisdom (personal virtue)

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Bioethical Principles

• Autonomy and dignity of human beings
• Non-maleficence
• Beneficence
• Justice (equity)

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Forms of Praxis in Health Care and Research

• Teleological
• Strategic
• Normative
• Dramaturgic
• Communicative