Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Kapucijnenvoer 35d bus 7001, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
J Med Ethics. 2010 May;36(5):319-20. doi: 10.1136/jme.2009.033829.
In this brief report, the authors argue that while a lot of concerns about forensic DNA databases have been raised using arguments from biomedical ethics, these databases are used in a complete different context from other biomedical tools. Because they are used in the struggle against crime, the decision to create or store a genetic profile cannot be left to the individual. Instead, this decision is made by officials of a society. These decisions have to be based on a policy that is the concretisation of some of society's most fundamental ideas about its own nature and function. Individuals wanting to influence these decisions have to try to influence this policy, within the bounds of a state's own self-concept. This article is an attempt to reorient the discussion about forensic DNA databases from a biomedical debate to a more political-philosophical one.
在这份简短的报告中，作者认为，虽然人们使用生物医学伦理学的论点提出了很多关于法医 DNA 数据库的担忧，但这些数据库的使用背景与其他生物医学工具完全不同。由于它们被用于打击犯罪，因此创建或存储基因图谱的决定不能留给个人。相反，这个决定是由一个社会的官员做出的。这些决定必须基于一项政策，该政策是社会自身对其性质和功能的最基本观念的具体体现。希望影响这些决策的个人必须在国家自身的自我概念范围内，尝试影响这项政策。本文试图将关于法医 DNA 数据库的讨论从生物医学辩论重新导向更具政治哲学性的讨论。
