ABSTRACT
The dichotomy between the promise that technological development represents the solution to human problems and the growing certainty about the finitude of natural resources creates a range of uncertainties regarding expectations for the future, even more so in view of the growing environmental problems that are emerging. The work aimed to enter the principle of protection, evaluating how it can interact with the precautionary principle, contributing to the understanding of the complexity of the environmental theme and the need for changes in human behavior in relation to the planetary future. The study uses as a method a bibliographic review of authors who currently deal with the subject, involving the constant transformations of the world, climate changes and the need for sustainable development, interconnected problems and of a global nature. Based on normative bioethics, articles 16 and 17 of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights will be exposed, discussing and interweaving the concepts of protection and precaution. A reflection is proposed as to how to understand the changes that have occurred in the world, based on a bioethics committed to human awareness, that it is necessary to adopt joint actions, aiming at the preservation of the planet, in order to safeguard the health and survival of future generations.
KEYWORDS
Bioethics; Protection; Precaution; Environment; Health