[Principialistic and personalistic bioethics. Some perspectives].

Bioethics is a rapidly growing discipline. It needs clear philosophical and theological foundations to remain a sure guide in promoting and defending the gift of life. In this paper it is not our task to perform a detailed analysis about the rich tenets of personalist bioethics. Instead, we make a comparative table between two bioethical models or proposals, Principialism and Personalism, similar in some respects, but different in others. So, the criteria that will guide us in deciding on biomedical practice will become clearer.