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GEN–TECHNOLOGY: ETHIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Stjepan Orešković ; Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Sažetak

What makes the project of creating of gene maps interesting for sociology and social ecology? Gene–technology deals with the deepest resources of human identity, identity of the individual, family, nation and species. It fundamentally changes the internal natural environment of a man. In contrast to the belief that it is necessary to put up with the fact that life, together in the coexistence with the minority of handicapped, old and helpless people and fragile children is normal natural occurrence, there are some opinions that there will be possible to eliminate the genes which are carriers of some 4000 genetically caused diseases. If we consider the presumption that a normal person has five to eight abnormal genes, then it becomes clear that social and epidemiological use of findings in the gene maps in the same time implies large interventions in the population. The processes of social violence or discrimination that are known at present (inequality based on the differences social background, education ...) cultural discrimination (inequality based on the differences in language, behavior, customs) and racial discrimination (differences in the color of skin as a ground for inequality) are with their brutality and straight–forwardness are incomparable with the perfidy and perfection of discrimination which might produce a possibility of genetic constitution information and human predisposition management.

Ključne riječi

discrimination; gene maps; genetic–technology; internal environment

Hrčak ID:

141372

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/141372

Datum izdavanja:

15.5.1995.

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