Bhargava Pushpa M
Anveshna, Furqan Cottage, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India.
Biotechnol J. 2006 Jan;1(1):34-46. doi: 10.1002/biot.200500007.
The last 50 years have seen an increasing emphasis on ethical, moral, social, legal, political and economic implications of science for reasons that are discussed in this article. Biotechnology has been no exception to this trend. Areas of biotechnology where the above implications have been important, are briefly described. Ethical and related issues in today's biology-based technologies are discussed with special reference to India. Examples of technological exploitation within a country, or of one country by another, using modern biology-based technologies are given. The possible implications of one new and emerging biology-based technology are discussed. It is concluded that a well-informed and knowledgeable society is the only assured insurance against possible misuse of biology-based technologies of today and tomorrow, including their use for the exploitation of people. The recent decision of the Prime Minister of India to set up a National Knowledge Commission is mentioned in this context.
在过去50年里，出于本文所讨论的原因，人们越来越重视科学在伦理、道德、社会、法律、政治和经济方面的影响。生物技术也不例外。本文简要描述了生物技术领域中上述影响较为重要的方面。本文特别参考印度的情况，讨论了当今基于生物学的技术中的伦理及相关问题。文中给出了在一个国家内部或一个国家利用现代基于生物学的技术对另一个国家进行技术剥削的例子。文中讨论了一种新兴的基于生物学的技术可能产生的影响。得出的结论是，一个信息充分、知识丰富的社会是防止当今和未来基于生物学的技术被滥用（包括用于剥削人民）的唯一可靠保障。在此背景下，文中提到了印度总理最近决定成立国家知识委员会一事。
