Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer and Human Embryo Controversy: An Update

Authors

  • Iñigo de Miguel Beriain University of the Basque Country/University of Deusto

Abstract

It is usually the consensus that a new biotechnology might raise ethical questions, which must be faced on the basis of the existing ethical and legal paradigms. However, sometimes it may be precisely those paradigms (and the presuppositions they are built on) what should be revisited after its advent. The aim of this paper is to show how the appearance of somatic cell nuclear transfer technology caused a Copernican turn in some of our current ethical paradigms as well as induced a radical change in the way concepts such as embryo or human being were defined in our legal systems.

Author Biography

Iñigo de Miguel Beriain, University of the Basque Country/University of Deusto

Senior Research Fellow of the UPV/EHU in the Inter-university Chair in Law and the Human Genome

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Published

2014-05-31

How to Cite

de Miguel Beriain, I. (2014). Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer and Human Embryo Controversy: An Update. Dilemata, (15), 93–102. Retrieved from https://dilemata.net/revista/index.php/dilemata/article/view/292

Issue

No. 15 (2014): Actualidad de las éticas aplicadas, cinco años después. Especial número 15

Section

Actualidad de las éticas aplicadas, cinco años después. Especial número 15

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