Trotter Griffin
Department of Health Care Ethics, Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, 221 North Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63103-2006, USA.
J Med Philos. 2009 Jun;34(3):195-203. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhp025. Epub 2009 Apr 22.
The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights of 2005 purports to articulate universal norms for bioethics. However, this document has met with mixed reviews. Some deny that the elaboration of universal bioethics norms is needed; some deny that UNESCO has the expertise or authority to articulate such norms; some regard the content of the UNESCO document as too vague or general to be useful; and some regard the document as a cog in the effort of like-minded cosmopolitans to codify their particular moral intuitions in international law. This issue examines the potential merits and pitfalls of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.
2005年联合国教科文组织《生物伦理与人类权利世界宣言》旨在阐明生物伦理的普遍规范。然而，该文件的评价褒贬不一。一些人否认有必要制定普遍的生物伦理规范；一些人否认联合国教科文组织有专业知识或权威来阐明此类规范；一些人认为联合国教科文组织文件的内容过于模糊或笼统，没有用处；还有一些人认为该文件是志同道合的世界主义者努力将其特定道德直觉编纂为国际法的一个环节。本议题探讨了《生物伦理与人类权利世界宣言》的潜在优点和缺陷。
