1. Ethics, Health, Communication
Dialog
The core challenge of bioethics
Fernando Lolas S.

2. Meanings of Ethics Habit, custom. Character. Dialog.
Reflection on, and rational justification of, moral behavior in society.

3. Science is communication
Science is language
Poiesis (object sciences) - Invention
Praxis (action sciences) - Innovation
Transformation
Disciplines are discourses
Discourse: integration between speakers and languages plus social interest (aesthetic, utilitarian, hermeneutic)

4. Health As a Construction
Semantic spaces: personal, technical, social
Different discourses in need of translation rules
Bioethics as a dialogical bridge
Between people (and interests)
Between disciplines
Between rationalities

5. Levels of Cognitive Construction
Facts – Data
Information and news (meaningful data)
Knowledge (organized information)
Formal knowledge
Lay knowledge and beliefs
Wisdom (personal virtue)

6. Bioethical Principles
Autonomy and dignity of human beings
Non-maleficence
Beneficence
Justice (equity)

7. Forms of Praxis in Health Care and Research
Teleological
Strategic
Normative
Dramaturgic
Communicative