BIOETHICS DIVERSITY AND A POSSIBLE “GLOBAL BIOETHICS”: REFLECTIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM

Abstract

What does the so-called diversity of bioethics mean? And is a universalistic bioethics
possible? Diversities of historical, structural or ideological dimensions of social
system cause the diversity of bioethics. Universalistic ideas of “global bioethics” are
considered nothing but imperialistic illusions within the consensus model for
resolving communication-gaps. If there is a quite different global bioethics, it is
possible as a mediator inside the parallel model, which gives some suggestions to
each side in conflict, admitting various diversities of the three dimensions of all the
systems.