Abstract

HERRERA GUEVARA, Asunción. Nueva retórica del concepto vida. Rev. iberoam. cienc. tecnol. soc. [online]. 2008, vol.4, n.10, pp.229-240. ISSN 1850-0013.

The social perception of the concept life has been jointed to the expansion of the Judeo-Christian creed. The Christianity laid the foundations of what is the human life. This conception has influenced different ethical dilemmas and, more concretely, bioethical dilemmas. In this paper I will try to show, first, the influence of religious arguments when issues such as euthanasia and research with embryonic stem cells are addressed; second, I will show that a lay bioethics should be clearly distanced from religious arguments and take into account only the Declaration of Human Rights.

Keywords : Religious argument; Euthanasia; Stem Cells; Bioethics; Humans Rights.

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