Takala Tuija, Häyry Matti
Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law, The University of Manchester, UK.
Bioethics. 2007 Mar;21(3):150-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00538.x.
This paper examines the logic and morality of the German Stem Cell Act of 2002. After a brief description of the law's scope and intent, its ethical dimensions are analysed in terms of symbolic threats, indirect consequences, and the encouragement of immorality. The conclusions are twofold. For those who want to accept the law, the arguments for its rationality and morality can be sound. For others, the emphasis on the uniqueness of the German experience, the combination of absolute and qualified value judgments, and the lingering questions of indirect encouragement of immoral activities will probably be too much.
本文审视了2002年德国干细胞法案的逻辑与道德性。在简要描述该法律的范围和意图之后，从象征性威胁、间接后果以及对不道德行为的助长等方面分析了其伦理层面。结论有两点。对于那些想要接受该法律的人来说，支持其合理性和道德性的论据可能是合理的。而对其他人而言，对德国经验独特性的强调、绝对价值判断与限定价值判断的结合，以及对不道德活动间接助长这一悬而未决的问题，可能太过难以接受。
