Every scientific discovery in genetics is very often publicized either with enthusiam or with scepticism. A very heated debate concerns the important yet controversial topic of predictive genetic tests, which predict a susceptibility, not the certainty of developing a certain desease. Many ethical questions arised with regard to political, criminal and social decisions based on the feeble assumption of susceptibility. In general, the topic of genetic tests has a transverse meaning as it can be considered a particular element of a bigger puzzle dealing with fundamental topics: the relationship between science and law and the relationship between determinism and freewill. The paper deals mainly with the use of predictive genetic tests in medical research, within a philosophical framework based on the Is-Ought Question and on the meta-ethical view of non cognitivism and non objectivism, which is used to evaluate legal provisions in this topic at different levels.
Salardi, S. (2011). Determinism and Free Will in the Age of Genetics. Intervento presentato a: The 10th Losinj Days of Bioethics, Symposium Integrative Bioethics and New Epoch, Mali Losinj, Croatia,.
Determinism and Free Will in the Age of Genetics
SALARDI, SILVIA
2011
Abstract
Every scientific discovery in genetics is very often publicized either with enthusiam or with scepticism. A very heated debate concerns the important yet controversial topic of predictive genetic tests, which predict a susceptibility, not the certainty of developing a certain desease. Many ethical questions arised with regard to political, criminal and social decisions based on the feeble assumption of susceptibility. In general, the topic of genetic tests has a transverse meaning as it can be considered a particular element of a bigger puzzle dealing with fundamental topics: the relationship between science and law and the relationship between determinism and freewill. The paper deals mainly with the use of predictive genetic tests in medical research, within a philosophical framework based on the Is-Ought Question and on the meta-ethical view of non cognitivism and non objectivism, which is used to evaluate legal provisions in this topic at different levels.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.