Norman R
Department of Philosophy, Darwin College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NY, UK.
J Appl Philos. 1996;13(1):1-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5930.1996.tb00144.x.
Certain kinds of medical treatment are often held to be morally unacceptable because they are an 'interference with nature'. I suggest a way in which we can make sense of such ideas. We can make significant choices only against a background of conditions which we regard as 'natural', and these will typically include such facts as those of birth and death, of youth and age, and of sexual relations. I argue, however, that such ideas, though intelligible, do not establish any valid moral objection to, for instance, the use of ovarian tissue for assisted conception.
某些类型的医学治疗常常被认为在道德上是不可接受的，因为它们是一种“对自然的干预”。我提出一种方法，通过它我们能够理解这类观点。只有在我们视为“自然”的条件背景下，我们才能做出重大选择，而这些条件通常会包括诸如出生与死亡、青年与老年以及性关系等事实。然而，我认为，这类观点虽然可以理解，但并未对例如使用卵巢组织进行辅助受孕确立任何有效的道德反对理由。
