基因技术与伦理

本文以健康与疾病为分析起点 ,探讨了在一定的社会结构和文化价值观念中 ,基因技术的发展 ,内含着排解人类疾病苦痛、扩大其相应的自由选择领域等文化要求 ,这些文化要求也孕育了基因技术的伦理归属 ,即基因技术被天然地赋予了改善人的健康状况这一价值 ,构成了其“利用自然”的活动状态 ,负载着不同时代的社会价值取向 ,并影响和改变着社会的价值取向。而对基因技术的伦理思考表明 ,基因技术不可能以一种独立于伦理的态势独立发展 ,伦理的关怀和引导 ,一直存在于基因技术发展的始终 ,并始终体现着对人的尊严的肯定和维护 ,从而使人的尊严成为基因伦理的核心。

Gene Technology and Ethics

Starting at the analyzing of health and disease, this article discusses the cultural requests in the development of gene technology, which include the elimination of disease and the extension of choice freedom. These two requests also produce formation of the ethical nature of gene technology, which means gene technology not only endowed with the value of improving human health state and made use of the nature, but also contained and influenced social values of different times. With the Consideration of gene ethics, it concludes that it is impossible to develop gene technology without the guidance by ethical rules which always contain in this process. As a core of gene ethics, human dignity should be defended and emphasized.