IN DEFENSE OF THE INTRINSIC DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON AND THE EXPEDIENCY OF BIO-JURISPRUDENCE AGAINST DENIGRATING GENE TECHNOLOGY
IN DEFENSE OF THE INTRINSIC DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON AND THE EXPEDIENCY OF BIO-JURISPRUDENCE AGAINST DENIGRATING GENE TECHNOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the paradoxical nature of science and technology as a necessary evil. And as a crucial attempt towards the defense of the intrinsic dignity of the human person, it argues for the imperative of ethics of science and technology to forestall avoidable abuses that stand as affronts on the integrity and dignity of the ontological essence of humanity. Specifically, the article advocates for a robust gene ethics and medical ethics to govern gene technology in biosciences and biomedical research and practice. Ultimately, it asserts the inevitability of a proactive and coercive legal framework for an effective bioethics. For, of what use are established ethical principles or precepts if they are not legally binding on medical practitioners (geneticists) and scientists? The argument is that, Law is expedient for a responsive, responsible and proactive bioethics. The expository analytic method and the normative method are adopted in this normative research.

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