Perspective of intercultural bioethics and human rights

Abstract

The aim of this study was to contribute to a deeper understanding of intercultural conflicts within the field of bioethics, and to identify problems associated with using human rights as a theoretical normative that mediator of bioethical conflicts characterized by interculturalism. The methodological steps adopted in this study were: an analysis of the concept of intercultural conflict in bioethics, from the perception of the Colectivo Amani; a study of human rights as tools of human culture based on Bauman’s theory; and an investigation of the tools human rights offer for the solving of intercultural conflicts in bioethics. It was concluded that intercultural bioethics must apply the norms and institutions of human rights to its prescriptive and descriptive dimensions so as to ensure the participation and social integration of individuals from communities in cultural conflict. Such measures will act as tools for the solution of intercultural conflicts.