高呼“合成生物学”的生物伦理学家：生物伦理学中生物恐怖主义预测功能的分析

The Bioethicist Who Cried "Synthetic Biology": An Analysis of the Function of Bioterrorism Predictions in Bioethics.

作者信息

Holm Søren

出版信息

Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2017 Apr;26(2):230-238. doi: 10.1017/S0963180116000827.

Abstract

This article analyzes a specter that has haunted bioethics almost since its inception, namely the specter of the misuse of biotechnology by maleficent agents bent on mass destruction, or the complete eradication of human kind and life as we know it. The article provides a general account of why bioethicists cry "catastrophic bioterrorism potential" when new biotechnologies emerge, and an analysis of the arguments that flow from the prediction, especially in relation to synthetic biology.

摘要

本文分析了一个几乎从生物伦理学诞生之初就一直困扰着它的幽灵，即恶意势力滥用生物技术以蓄意进行大规模破坏、或彻底消灭我们所知的人类和生命的幽灵。本文概述了为何每当新生物技术出现时，生物伦理学家都会高呼“具有引发灾难性生物恐怖主义的可能性”，并分析了基于这种预测所产生的各种观点，尤其是与合成生物学相关的观点。