Human Dignity and the Human Genome: Do Genomic Interventions Undermine Human Dignity?
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5375400" target="_blank" >10.2139/ssrn.5375400</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Human Dignity and the Human Genome: Do Genomic Interventions Undermine Human Dignity?
Original language description
Biotechnological advancements raise fundamental questions about the essence of the human being. This article examines the relationship between human dignity and the human genome, focusing on whether interventions in the human genome, in general, are incompatible with human dignity. International and European instruments, such as the Oviedo Convention and the UNESCO Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, place the genome under special protection, often invoking human dignity as justification. The article argues that while the genome plays a role in shaping individual identity, it is not a prerequisite for human dignity. The connection between the human genome and human dignity gives rise to an expanded notion of dignity - one that emphasizes respect, solidarity, and shared responsibility toward humanity and future generations. Human dignity may thus impose limits on certain genomic interventions. However, interventions in the human genome are not inherently contrary to human dignity.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Prague Law Working Paper Series
ISSN
2336-5811
e-ISSN
2336-5811
Volume of the periodical
2025
Issue of the periodical within the volume
II
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
1-19
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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