THE SOCIAL AND AXIOLOGICAL ROLE OF BIOETHICS IN SCIENCE AND THE LIFE OF MODERN SOCIETY

Abstract

This article describes the humanistic, philosophical analysis of
bioethics in modern medicine. Bioethics, as a different field from classical medical
ethics, appeared and began to develop rapidly in the second half of the 20th
century. Bioethics is a new worldview, a new science of humanity and compassion.
In modern society, the socio-axiological role of bioethics is manifested in the
formation of the "axiology of life" of a hierarchically organized system of values,
the main of which is human life, and its subordinates are things that fill life with
meaning, make life meaningful, and make life meaningful. It is full, gives us
strength and motivation to live (health and prosperity, freedom and dignity, justice
and compassion, etc.). In modern society, the socio-axiological role of bioethics is
manifested in the formation of the "axiology of life" of a hierarchically organized
system of values, the main of which is human life, and its subordinates are things
that fill life with meaning, make life meaningful, and make life meaningful. It is
full, gives us strength and motivation to live (health and prosperity, freedom and
dignity, justice and compassion, etc.).