Abstract
Human actions take place at the confluence of circumstances that require us to discern the proper way to act. Ethics falls within the terrain of practical knowledge, of knowledge about what is contingent. It belongs to the domain of moral judgments or value judgments. The counterpart of disenchantment with our contemporary world lies in an effort to re-establish an interest in ethics. There are basically three orders of relations between public health and human rights: the quest for balance between the collective good and individual rights; methods and techniques for identifying human rights violations and assessing their negative impact; and the tie between protecting individual rights and promoting health. The relationship between ethics and epidemiology goes beyond the ethical aspects involving research on human beings to encompass political commitments, practices within health services, and the production of knowledge.
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Departamento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo Rua Dr Cesário Motta Jr. 61 5o andar
Ethics falls within the terrain of practical knowledge, of knowledge about what is contingent
The counterpart of disenchantment with our contemporary world lies in an effort to re-establish an interest in ethics
Summary
Departamento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo Rua Dr Cesário Motta Jr. 61 5o andar. A ética situa-se no campo do saber prático, do conhecimento acerca do que é contingente. A ética é do domínio dos juízos morais ou juízos de valor. As relações entre ética e epidemiologia vão além dos aspectos éticos relacionados à pesquisa em seres humanos. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: ética; saber prático; epidemiologia; direitos humanos. Ethics falls within the terrain of practical knowledge, of knowledge about what is contingent. It belongs to the domain of moral judgments or value judgments. The relationship between ethics and epidemiology goes beyond the ethical aspects involving research on human beings to encompass political commitments, practices within health services, and the production of knowledge
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