人类基因组计划在西方引发的人性观思考  

What Makes Us Human Beings: A Review of Recent Reflections Inspired by the Human Genome Project

作　　者：颜宜葳[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京大学科学与社会研究中心,北京100871

出　　处：《医学与哲学》2003年第7期19-22,共4页Medicine and Philosophy

摘　　要：人类基因组计划在西方世界引起了相当广泛深入的关于人性观的思考。分子生物学的研究成果正在重新塑造人们对人类进化史和人类本身的认识。基因工程、干细胞研究等前沿领域产生的问题促使人们转向西方的传统哲学去寻找思想资源。尽管遗传决定论的陈旧观点在大众文化中仍时有所见 ,新的基因组学研究已开始采纳一种更全面的。The Human Genome Project has aroused in the West intense interest in the definitions of Homo sapiens as well as of personal identity. New discoveries of molecular biology start reshaping our ideas of the history of human evolution and the concept of humanness. Philosophical resources, e.g. theories of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, were tapped in ethical controversies surrounding genetic engineering and stem cell research. Although old thetoric of genetic determinism can still be noted in public discourse, an increasingly comprehensive perspective including historical and sociocultural contexts has been adopted in genomics researches.

关 键 词：人类基因组计划 人性观 分子生物学 基因工程 干细胞 

分 类 号：Q987[生物学—遗传学]