Moral questions, legal answers, and biotechnological advances.
Moral failing is usually construed as a personal flaw, but there is another construction: where morals fail people, where our moral precepts are silent. The author of this article argues that this happens nowadays where technological advances, such as genetic engineering in medicine, raise moral questions but get legal answers. By responding to the legal issues involved, the moral questions are pre-empted. This results in answers drawn from legal categories, often with commercial perspectives, but misses the larger moral dilemma.
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Lincoln University, New Zealand.
D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D028663:Ethical Theory; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D030661:Genetic Privacy; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D005854:Germ Cells; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D009014:Morals; D030781:Organisms, Genetically Modified; D011640:Public Policy; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted