Abstract

espanolResumen Tomando como punto de partida las condiciones del contexto socio politico donde se origino el brote epidemico del virus SARS-CoV-2, los autores analizan la influencia que tuvo el principio de beneficencia como una de las razones eticas que condujeron al oftalmologo Li Wenliang a alertar a traves de la red social Weibo, sobre el surgimiento de un brote epidemico distinto, por su agresividad, al del SARS. Se asume que dicho principio puede comprenderse a partir de un enfoque donde se conjugan referentes occidentales -la primera formulacion del imperativo categorico kantiano y el legado hipocratico- y orientales -el principio del Ren o humanidad, derivado del pensamiento confuciano-. El articulo concluye senalando que en un mundo interrelacionado donde las practicas medicas tienen fundamentos cientificos universales, es posible tomar decisiones eticas medicas validas para diferentes contextos culturales, siempre y cuando se continue avanzando en el terreno de un dialogo inter-civilizatorio con perspectiva horizontal. EnglishAbstract This article analyzes the influence of the principle of beneficence as one of the ethical reasons that led ophthalmologist Li Wenliang to alert, using the Weibo plaform, about the emergence of an epidemic outbreak different from SARS. Accordingly, we discuss the socio-political context of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in China. We assume that the principle of beneficence might be understood from an approach combining Western references - the first formulation of the Kantian categorical imperative and the Hippocratic legacy - with Oriental ones - the Ren or humanity, derived from Confucian thought. We conclude that in an interrelated world, with medical practices having universal scientific foundations, it is possible to validate medical ethical decisions from different cultural contexts, as long as progress continues in the field of an inter-civilizational dialogue with a horizontal perspective.

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