Unnaturalness



Título del documento: Unnaturalness
Revue: Ludus vitalis
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000406352
ISSN: 1133-5165
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Lancaster University, Department of Philosophy, Lancaster, Lancashire. Reino Unido
Año:
Volumen: 22
Número: 41
Paginación: 205-225
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés A popular objection to various applications of biotechnology is that they are "unnatural". The objection is usually dismissed by academics and policy-markers alike. Sometimes it is treated by them as a mere expression of distate. At other times "being unnatural" is confused with "being artificial" a confusion wich then feeds the misguided observation that if you object to unnaturalness as such, you will end up objecting to almost everything that humans do. Either way, the supposed consequence is that the objection can safely be ignored. In response, this paper takes some initial steps towards rescuing the concept of unnaturalness as a potential term of critical appraisal in public policy. First, an analysis of the concept is offered that diferentiates it from concepts with wich ii is commonly confused and identities that feature of a thing, event or action that the term is commonly used to designate. Second, this analysis is used to illustrate the kinds of discrimination that the term, this understood, might usefully be deployed te express. It is concluided that the concept of "unnaturalness" could mark out a valuable space for critical relfection both in the environmental sphere and, in the sphere of medical technology
Disciplinas: Filosofía
Palabras clave: Etica,
Bioética,
Naturaleza,
Artificialidad,
Etica aplicada,
Cultura,
Biotecnología,
Conceptos
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