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Modern Biotechnology in Postmodern Times? A Reflection on European Policies and Human Agency
by
Lars Reuter Centre for Bioethics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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ISBN 978-94-010-3768-6
ISBN 978-94-007-1015-3 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1015-3
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TIBI OMNIA MANUS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
xi
CHAPTER I: BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MODERN TIM ES I. 2. 2.1. 2.2.
I
The concept of modern ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 The concept of biotechnology Definiti ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CHAPTER 2: COUNCIL OF EUROPE POLICIES ON BIOTECHNOLOGY .. 25 I. The Parliamentary Asse mbly 31 1.1. The beginn ings 32 33 1.2. Developm ents of doubt and difficulty 1.3. A new convention as a solution? 36 1.4. 1.5.
Recent initiatives Results
39 45
2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3.
The Committee of Minis ters Systematic beginnings The strugg le for standards Results
46 46 48 54
3. 3.1. 3,.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 4.
Council of Europe Conventions The European Convention on Human Rights The Europ ean Social Charter The European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine The Proto col on Hum an Cloning The Protocol on Transplantation Conc lusion
54 55 56 57 61 62 63
CHAPTER 3: BIOTECHN OLOGY AND HUMAN AGENCY 69 I. The hum an act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 72 2. Technique and technology 77 vii
Vlll
3. 4.
Modern concepts of agency and identi ty Is 'b iotechnology ' merely a name?
82 III
CHAPTER 4: BIOTECHNOLOGY BEYOND MODERNI TY?
125
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 135 137 140
1. 2. 2.1. 2.2.
A postmodern sketch of the human self Technology as bluff Human mastery The ambivalence of new techniques
2.3. 2.4.
145 The domin ating role of technology Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 151
3.
The politi cs of contemporary biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
APPENDIX
161
European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine ETS 164 (Full text) with list of declarations
162
Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine on the Proh ibition of Cloning Hum an Beings ETS 168 (Full text) with list of
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