قلمرو اخلاق زيستي

The Scope of Bioethics

Bioethics consists of human conducts that directly and particularly relate to the application of technology in his natural life. Technologies of this kind are distinguished under the title of biotechnology. Biotechnology has indirectly changed the human life through changes made in animal and vegetable lives, while directly affecting his own life too. Therefore, the moral evaluation of biotechnology is very important since the moral perspective is fundamental in light of which other perspectives, such as religious and legal ones, could be interpreted or determined. All aspects of human life - before birth, during his life and after death - fall within the scope of bioethics. These aspects include subject matters such as "infertility * Corresponding Author: . . Mohammad Rasekh treatment , abortion , organ transplantation , human cloning , research on human Department of Law and beings", "vegetable genetic modification", "animal genetic manipulation", "concept Bioethics Reproductive ^^ crjterja 0f death" and "euthanasia". In this paper we deal with the scope of Biotechnology Research ^ ^ ^ Center, Avicenna bioethics by introducing and analyzing the problems that dominate this field, present Research Institute, ancj evaiuate contending viewpoints in this field, and put forth solutions for a precise ACECR, Tehran, Iran. t „ , i .f , , A , * . * • , n , E-mail: approach for the analysis of the problems. Approach to bioethical problems needs to rasekh@avicenna.ac.ir be both free of dogmatism and holistic. Moreover, it is proposed that moral Received* Aug 3l 2010 judgements in this field, be presented within a justifiable moral theory whose bases are Accepted: Nov. 3,2010 established at the meta-ethical level, in a clear, sufficient and consistent way.