Is bioethics of protection pertinent and legitimate?

Abstract

The article deepens the debate on epistemological landmarks of bioethics of protection from its definition, genealogy and conceptual analysis, aiming at instrumentalizing its use as reference in reflection about ethical deadlocks. It evaluates the relevance of the theory as a tool capable to guide and solve conflicts in public health, as well as those related to inequalities in the social relationships, both in the human and environmental dimension. It presents and responds criticism received by bioethics of protection, considering, as finding, two scopes for inserting the proposal I which can be taken either in graduate non-degree or graduate degree programs.