title: [Directions of an ethic in genetic engineering: evaluation of an ethic for biotechnology].
abstract: A fundamentalistic point of view is for the evaluation of genetic engineering inadequate. Using ethics to evaluate the consequences is not valid for gene transfers across species as a morally relevant criterion but is rather the assessment of toxic, pathogenic, and ecological effects of transgenic organisms. A criterion for human genetics is not the inviolability of the human embryo, but social and human tolerance and the consent of the affected.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Moraltheologie und Christliche Sozialethik der Universität, München, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Irrgang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001675:Bioethics; D001709:Biotechnology; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D014162:Transfection
vernacular_title: Leitlinien einer Ethik der Gentechnik. Vorüberlegungen zu einer Ethik der Biotechnologie.