Global ethics and its relevance in international studies

Authors

  • Fernando Lolas Stepke Universidad de Chile

Abstract

The concept of global ethics is illustrated base don the example provided by global health. The implications of a global concept go beyond geopolitical considerations and this paper identifies them with the transdisciplinary task of a reflection that incorporates different methodical and philosophical perspectives. Suggestions offered by the example of global and international health are presented as a stimulus for the application of the concept to other areas of interest in the field of international studies.

Keywords:

global ethics, bioethics, global health, international health, transdisciplinariness

Author Biography

Fernando Lolas Stepke, Universidad de Chile

 

 

Doctor en Psicología, académico Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile. Director, Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile. Miembro y director de numerosas organizaciones profesionales y autor de múltiples publicaciones relacionadas con su especialidad.