Consideraciones biológicas y antropológicas acerca del embrión y la reproducción asistida

Authors

  • Ramón Córdoba Palacio Author Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Keywords:

Bioethics, medical anthro- pology, manipulation of the individual, manipulation of human embryos.

Abstract

This article analyzes criteria that, in the light  of  biology  and  philosophical anthropology,  allow  us  to  affirm  that from  the  very  formation  of  the  zygote, i.e.,  the  result  of  human  gamete  syngamy, we actually are in the presence of a  human  being,  a  human  individual  in an act expressing its (his or her) existence according to its (his or her) own circumstance.  From  philosophical  anthropology,  certain  objections  relating  to  the human  being  conception  are  clarified. Any manipulation of the human embryo, even  for  apparently  humanitarian  purposes, deserves drastic  ethical  rejection, unless  any  such  manipulation  directly redounds  to  its  own personal  and  individual good.

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Author Biography

Ramón Córdoba Palacio, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Profesor Titular de Pediatría de la Universidad de Antioquia. Profesor Emérito de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Doctor Honoris Causa de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Miembro de CECOLBE. Magistrado del Tribunal de Ética Médica de Antioquia. Docente del Instituto de Ética y Bioética de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Calle 23 No. 41-70 Ap. 902 T. 3 Medellín, Antioquia

Correo: racopa@une.net.co

 

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How to Cite

Córdoba Palacio, R. (2009). Consideraciones biológicas y antropológicas acerca del embrión y la reproducción asistida. Persona Y Bioética, 11(1). Retrieved from https://personaybioetica.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/personaybioetica/article/view/1654

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Reflection Article

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