Pluralism and diversity: metaphor from gnetics to bioethics
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pluralism, diversity, metaphor, genetics, bioethicsAbstract
This essay aims to establish a relationship between pluralism and diversity that can be applied in an interdisciplinary context of learning of bioethics. It is an essay, which dialogues with consolidated knowledge in the areas involved, driven by the question: by glimpsing genetic data that relates genotype and phenotype, could a relationship between pluralism and diversity be built? The essay proposes that the reality of genetics that establishes genotype + environment = phenotype can be proposed as a metaphor for pluralisms + society = diversity. Scientific, cultural, religious and philosophical pluralism is addressed. Parallel to the statement in genetics that there are mutations incompatible with life, it is also presented that lack of meaning is incompatible with human life. As final considerations, a proposal is developed to value pluralisms and diversities.
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