Dean of Philosophy and Theology Faculty at UCU reported on the need for the development of bioethics in the Ukrainian society at parliamentary hearings

Bioethics aims to humanize medicine and law, and to explore and understand the technological development in order to analyze the consequences of its impact on a person's life, the public and solving problems of social justice. That is why bioethics should become a platform for discussion for many social issues, in particular, respect for human life and health, respect for human dignity and fundamental human rights, Dean of UCU’s Philosophy and Theology Faculty, member of the Pontifical Academy For Life Fr. Ihor Boyko, Ph.D., said on November 9 in Kyiv during parliamentary hearings. According to Fr. Boyko, Ukraine needs to create a modern system of bioethics education so that members of ethics committees and bioethics committees, which are already established at hospitals of Ukraine, engage in researching the final stage of human life and in biomedical research and study the use of reproductive technologies. In its report, Fr. Boyko called on politicians and the society to promote the culture of solidarity in donating organs, which exists in many Western countries. In addition, he stressed the importance of forming a bioethical moral outlook in children and adolescents through the study of bioethics in secondary and higher education. “The experience of many countries shows that a consistent state policy in the field of bioethics will allow Ukraine to guarantee its citizens protection of individual rights and freedoms, respect for their human dignity,” said the speaker.  

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