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NEW MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN DIGNITY
NEW MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN DIGNITY

Author(s): Stiliyan Yotov
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: human dignity and rights; consensus; respect; humiliation; embryo selection; clone; hybrid; chimera

Summary/Abstract: First I discuss the rights as unavoidable part of the human dignity. There are four possible relations: dignity has a wider extension, the volume of both is equivalent, dig-nity includes in itself a bundle of rights, or it is just a simple right. There are good rea-sons to support the last two, even the last position. Then I evaluate some of the chal-lenging innovations in the medical technology, if they are acceptable in front of this close connection. The focus falls on three topics: PGD, cloning, and fusion of human-animal cells. Using moral principles such as non discrimination and non instrumentali-zation I look for some normative framing.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 251-263
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English