Editorial

Abstract

Even if one considers bioethics plural and open to multiple conceptualizations and perspectives, it is worrying that, in many cases, it is used as a tool to legitimize the status quo, to serve the coercive interests of the market through the authority conferred to the biomedical area. This alarming statement about the direction the field is taking this reflections, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, can be seen even in major international bioethics events, in which conferences and lectures adopt a supposedly pragmatic position, but slip into insensibility and disrespect to human beings. bioethics plural and open to multiple conceptualizations and perspectives, it is worrying that, in many cases, it is used as a tool to legitimize the status quo, to serve the coercive interests of the market through the authority conferred to the biomedical area. This alarming statement about the direction the field is taking this reflections, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, can be seen even in major international bioethics events, in which conferences and lectures adopt a supposedly pragmatic position, but slip into insensibility and disrespect to human beings.