Epistemological aspects of the relation between bioethics and ecology –some lessons of Edgar Morin’s thought

Epistemological aspects of the relation between bioethics and ecology –some lessons of Edgar Morin’s thought

Rafael Amo Usanos

Edgar Morin’s thought provides us with some clues on understanding the relation between bioethics and ecology. The first one is ethics of life. The second is science of ecosystems –living units. Basically, both have life as their object, but from different perspectives. Edgar Morin is able to relate them thanks to his complex thought, which shows the necessity of departing from systemic thinking. This study thereby presents some of the conceptual difficulties that appear when examining the relationship between these two sciences: the question of anthropocentrism.

2017

Bioética, Edgar Morin, ecología, pensamiento complejo

10.14422/rib.i04.y2017.003

Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética

Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Medical philosophy. Medical ethics, Business ethics