DISCUSSING HUGO - THE GERMAN DEBATE ON THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT

Authors
BOSHAMMER S KAYSS M RUNTENBERG C ACH JS
Citation
S. Boshammer et al., DISCUSSING HUGO - THE GERMAN DEBATE ON THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, The Journal of medicine and philosophy, 23(3), 1998, pp. 324-333
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Philosophy,"Medicine, Legal","Social Sciences, Biomedical
Journal title
The Journal of medicine and philosophy → ACNP
ISSN journal
03605310
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
324 - 333
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-5310(1998)23:3<324:DH-TGD>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The current German criticism of HUGO centers around the term 'human di gnity'; consenquentialist and autonomy-based arguments are used. The d ebate culminates in questioning the integrity of bioethics as a schola rly discipline and has created a heterogeneous coalition of disparate political and social groups that oppose any research that would facili tate genetic pre-selection of human characteristics.