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Desafíos bioéticos de la universidad del siglo XXI

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2014-10-18

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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista

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Introduction. The society seems to have lost its humanizing telos, due to the technoscientific twist it has been experiencing. It has disarticulated means and purposes, and this fact demands an approach to the challenging problems it generates. Bioethics has to be approached by the universities´ curricula, aiming to cultivate bioethical values during the learning process of science and, in consequence, teleologically exalt the value of global life. The educative projects oriented to this idea are highlighted as a curricular aspect dedicated to educate for caring about life through human care, under a perspective of coexistence. Objective. Reflecting about some of the challenges bioethics has in the universities, for the 21st century. Materials and methods. A hermeneutical/dialectic methodology centered on the analysis of texts and documents of interest. Results. The following challenges are highlighted: 1). A true and fruitful bioethical dialog between the state, the university and the scientific community; 2). These three actors must assume the bioethical responsibility the society interpellates; 3). Regard bioethics as a feasible bridge between sciences and humanities; 4). Build the bioethical horizon that is best for the 21st century´s society. Conclusion. Emphasize the formation of subjects that are reflective/conscious of their role in the living world they share. It is urgent, in this century characterized by many technical means and few life purposes, to materialize the bioethical mediation in the universities, because the idea is to generate vital consciousness. The society must propitiate a new practice of science in more human, prudent and life-committed ways.

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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor de Antioquia, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Bioética, Educación superior

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