This paper proposes a discussion on relevant issues for the consolidation of Bioethics in developing countries, specifically considering the Latin American Bioethics. It seeks to encourage the debate on the construction of an alternative to the impasses resulting from the expansion of the subject scope and focus to the social dimension. For this, it succinctly outlines the viewpoint of Bioethics in these countries, starting from the characterization of this field of study and summarizing briefly its construction process. In broad terms, it outlines the main achievements of Bioethics developed in the Brazilian and Latin American context, especially emphasizing their approach to human rights, taken as regulatory milestones of ethical standards in social relations. It presents, in the end, critical considerations about the paradox implied in adopting Human Rights, seeking to encourage reflection about Bioethics as a tool to fight against the inequalities that still feature our continent.
Bioethics; Human rights; Societies; Latin America; Social power; Social control, informal