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Próba zdefiniowania granicy pomiędzy ingerencjami terapeutycznymi a eugenicznymi dokonywanymi na genomie ludzkim
An attempt of defining a bound between a therapeutic and eugenic interferences, performed on human genome

Author(s): Dawid Wilczyński
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Warszawska Prowincja Redemptorystów
Keywords: personalistic ethic; eugenic; genome; human dignity; genome therapy

Summary/Abstract: An author of this article tried to define a bound, perceived from personalistic ethic perspective to which a man can advance interfering in his own genetic structure in order to act within the framework of treatment, rather than making of „superman”. For the purpose of specifying above-bounds an author tried to classify on therapeutic and not-therapeutic interferences in human genome. An analysis of ethical dimension various forms genome’s therapy insert in this article allows to draw a conclusion, that a specific genome interferences can not be univocally judged as admissible or not.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 73-96
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish
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