Abstract

OSORIO-GARCIA, Sergio Néstor  and  ROBERTO-ALBA, Nelson Fernando. Ethics, Ecology, and Ecosophy: Divergent Perspectives for Redefining Global Bioethics. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.1, pp.121-136.  Epub June 30, 2023. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi6392.

the text seeks to expand the boundaries of the concept of “global bioethics,” the core of Van Rensselaer Potter’s theoretical proposal on “ecological bioethics” in his work Global Bioethics, in the face of the “ethics of the Earth” developed by the ecologist and environmentalist Aldo Leopold and the analysis of “ecosophy” raised by the philosopher and psychoanalyst Félix Guattari in The Three Ecologies. This characterization is proposed to establish theoretical assumptions around the notions of ecological bioethics and ecosophy from the perspective of global bioethics in a renewed attempt to broaden its disciplinary horizons. Three moments are established for the analysis: initially, the land ethics proposed by Arnold Leopold in his work A Sand County Almanach is characterized. Subsequently, the main aspects of “ecological ethics” in Global Bioethics are analyzed. Finally, several aspects of Félix Guattari’s ecosophy are highlighted that put into perspective the ecological accent of Potter’s global bioethics, which could be considered valid divergent presuppositions to enrich global bioethics today.

Keywords : Land ethics; ecology; ecosophy; global bioethics; aesthetic paradigm.

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