An Historico-Philosophical and Normative Study on the Concepts "Dignity", "Value," and "Rights" in Bio-Environmental Ethics

本研究的主要结论如下：第一，哲学-神学的“人的尊严”概念与政治的“权利”概念在20世纪中叶被视为外延上的等同，但两者在内涵上并不完全相同。此外，与“价值”不同，“人的尊严”不能与其他任何东西相权衡。其次，诱导多能干细胞（iPS）研究被认为可以克服道德问题，但它最终不可避免地成为道德问题的同谋。此外，作为跨学科研究的生物伦理学只是推进生物技术的一种手段。第三，20世纪末出现的当代“身体伦理”与“生物资本主义”精神之间存在着某种选择性的契合。

A summary of the conclusions on this research is the followings : First, the philosophical-theological concept of "Human dignity" is not connotatively identical with the political concept of "Rights" although these two concepts had been seen as denotatively equivalent in the middle of the 20centry. In addition, unlike "Value," "Human dignity" cannot be weighed against any other. Secondarily, it is unavoidable for induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) research, which has been said to overcome moral issues, to become a complicity in the moral issue after all. Moreover, bioethics as interdisciplinary study was just an apparatus for forging ahead with biotechnology. Third, there is a selective affinity in some way between contemporary "somatic ethics" and the spirit of "bio-capitalism", both of which came out at the end of the 20centry.