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Bioethics and Religion in Latin America

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The relationship between bioethics and religion is an intriguing subject that invites many questions. In this article, I want to discuss the intersection of religion and bioethics at this stage of its development in Latin America. As a Christian theologian, I tend to emphasize the contributions of religion to bioethics, but a critical examination reveals where they are at odds with each other. However, both are confronted with similar problems brought about by a broader cultural movement that demands the reinterpretation of the motivations of ethics and the grounds of religion. With this reinterpretation, a change simultaneously occurs in the social spaces affected by religion and ethics. Therefore, an appropriate starting place would be to discover the challenges common to both religion and bioethics and to determine how they can work together to solve these problems.

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  1. Research and Professor of Bioethics at Saint Camillus University Center, Centro Universitário São Camilo, Programa de Mestrado em Bioética, São Paulo, BR, Brazil

    Márcio Fabri dos Anjos Ph.D.

  2. Professor of Academia de Teologia Moral da Pontificia Universidade Lateranense, Roma, Italy

    Márcio Fabri dos Anjos Ph.D.

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  1. Centro Universitário São Camilo, Rua Raul Pompéia 144/7º andar, São Paulo, 05025-010, Brazil

    Léo Pessini

  2. Centro Universitário São Camilo, Rua Raul Pompéia 144/7º andar, São Paulo, 05025-010, Brazil

    Christian Paul de Barchifontaine

  3. University of Santiago, av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 1058, Santiago, Chile

    Fernando Lolas Stepke

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dos Anjos, M.F. (2010). Bioethics and Religion in Latin America. In: Pessini, L., Paul de Barchifontaine, C., Lolas Stepke, F. (eds) Ibero-American Bioethics. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 106. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9350-0_22

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