Bioethical reflections on life and health in the Amazonian region

Abstract

This work approaches the complex relationship between humans and the environment, preconizing the vital relationships established by the nature itself to subsist. To that end, exploratory research on environmental bioethics, structured from philosophical fundaments, was carried out. With a systemic point of view, it seeks to build and consolidate, deductively, a practical ethic that stimulates the necessary preservation of the Amazonian region. It designs, then, a narrative literary review, focusing on historical-mythological aspects of Amazon, deforestation and fires, and laws regarding health problems, highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary diagnosis. As a result, it urges the discussion on the impacts of human activities, considering links of prevention and responsibility based on values of goodness, justice, and equilibrium, and keeping in mind that harmony and care are principles inherent to existence itself.