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  • Environmental Ethics
  • Bioethics
  • Sustainability Studies

Background:

  • The Anthropocene presents complex challenges requiring ethical reconsideration.
  • Traditional bioethics, focused on healthcare, needs to broaden its scope.
  • Human influence on the environment and other species necessitates new ethical frameworks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the intersection of the Anthropocene and emerging ethical challenges.
  • To examine the expansion of bioethics into interspecific and environmental domains.
  • To highlight the importance of teaching ethical concepts for responsible citizenship.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of bioethical principles.
  • Exploration of anthropocentric impacts on the environment.
  • Discussion of educational strategies for ethical development.

Main Results:

  • Bioethics must encompass interspecific relations, environmental health, and resource equity.
  • The teaching of solidarity, social responsibility, and equity is crucial.
  • Enhanced ethical awareness and critical skills are developed through education.

Conclusions:

  • Expanding bioethical considerations is essential for navigating the Anthropocene.
  • Education plays a key role in fostering responsible environmental stewardship.
  • A proactive ethical approach is needed to address global health and environmental issues.