Embryonic Human Life and Dignity: The French Connection

Laws

Dimitrios Tsarapatsanis¹ 

[1] School of Law, University of Sheffield, Bartolomé House, Winter Street, Sheffield S3 7ND, UK;

关键词: human dignity;    bioethics;    human embryos;    value of human life;    Dworkin;    Waldron;   

DOI  :  10.3390/laws4040755

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Human dignity is considered by a number of commentators as a normative concept that could potentially bridge the gap between bioethics and human rights. The purpose of this article is to question this assumption insofar as it applies to embryonic human life by way of a case study. The article will chart the way dignity has been historically used in French political and legal debates since the 1990s to attempt to afford constitutional protection to human embryos. It then proposes an interpretation of why such attempts failed, which could have wider significance for current debates.

【 授权许可】

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