O grande valor de um dicionário sobre ética global

Trata-se de resenha da obra intitulada Dictionary of Global Bioethics que se destina a apresentar termos, conceitos e teorias relacionas à bioética global. Reúne mais de 500 verbetes, divididos em quatro categorias distintas: i) organizations; ii) documents; iii) persons; e iv) topics. É uma obra voltada não apenas para estudantes, mas para todos os profissionais que desejam conhecer e compreender os verbetes mais relevantes utilizados no campo da bioética global, constituindo-se em importante ferramenta de promoção e introdução ao tema.

Global health and global bioethics

Covid-19 is not merely a national or regional threat but a global one. It requires coordinated action of the global community. Such action, as argued in this paper, should primarily focus on the question how to prevent the next pandemic. Humankind has been warned multiple time for emerging diseases and the risks of pandemics, although no preparatory responses have been undertaken. Preventive interventions are possible since it is known how and where infectious diseases emerge. Such interventions proceed on the basis of shared vulnerability and responsibility for global health. The fact that they have been inadequate thus far, can be considered as a serious moral failure.

BIOETHICS: NEW PARADIGMS IN A CHANGING WORLD

The concept of global bioethics, which, according to its founder V.R. Potter, all-encompassing, all-embracing, total, universal character, orients scientists towards solving global problems facing humanity, towards that the norms and principles of bioethics should be extended to the entire biosphere in order to regulate and control human intervention in the area of ​​various manifestations of life.