Abstract
After five hundred years of the Protestant Reformation, it is possible to perceive ideas originating from this movement supporting today’s worldviews. Specifically, it is possible to perceive the applicability of a Bible derived worldview, centered on a Christian belief system, especially that experienced by the reformer John Calvin. The goal of this work is to point out the influence of the reformer’s thought, based on historical, theological elements, on the expansion of the capacity to interpret the current context of bioethics. Because it is characterised as a little-known intellectual construction, the Calvinist worldview, presented here, needs to be better understood and studied. Even with the obvious cultural, historical, economic, political and social differences between the context of the 16th century and the present-time, Calvin’s worldview could contribute to the advancement of studies and debates for the 21th century in the field of bioethics.
Bioethics; History; Morals