Inhalt:Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Débora Gozzo (São Paulo/Bonn) im Rahmen des “Forum Recht als Kultur”
Abstract
Since World War II, the principle of human dignity has been strongly emphasized in many countries, thereby placing humans in the center of many legal orders. The development of biotechnology in the past 40 years has increased not only the chances to save a person through a transplant (whether offered willing or against payment), but also to help a couple to have a baby through a surrogacy contract. The surrogate motherhood nowadays offers an alternative to becoming pregnant herself to a woman wishing to have a baby. Apart from few cases of surrogate motherhood free of charge, most surrogate mothers are paid for carrying a child. This suggests that humans are treated as goods in this context. Yet setting a price for a human life stands in fundamental contradiction to the principle of human dignity. In fact, several countries prohibit contracts for surrogate motherhood and other forms of reproductive medicine. Other countries, in which poverty is particularly pronounced, in turn display a certain tolerance for such cases, facilitating the establishment of a new market, where a human being, a baby, can be ordered as a commodity. There was and there still is a market for organs and tissues. In order to deal with the problem of the commodification of the human body, it needs to be investigated whether the principle of human dignity, which encompasses human self-determination and the underlying different legal systems could have been influenced by the cultural background of a society.
Ort: Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur”
Adresse: Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1-3, 53227 Bonn
Raum: Max-Weber-Vortragsraum
Veranstalter: Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur”
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Quelle: Mitteilung der Universität Bonn vom 18.02.2016Inhalt:Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Débora Gozzo (São Paulo/Bonn) im Rahmen des “Forum Recht als Kultur”
Abstract
Since World War II, the principle of human dignity has been strongly emphasized in many countries, thereby placing humans in the center of many legal orders. The development of biotechnology in the past 40 years has increased not only the chances to save a person through a transplant (whether offered willing or against payment), but also to help a couple to have a baby through a surrogacy contract. The surrogate motherhood nowadays offers an alternative to becoming pregnant herself to a woman wishing to have a baby. Apart from few cases of surrogate motherhood free of charge, most surrogate mothers are paid for carrying a child. This suggests that humans are treated as goods in this context. Yet setting a price for a human life stands in fundamental contradiction to the principle of human dignity. In fact, several countries prohibit contracts for surrogate motherhood and other forms of reproductive medicine. Other countries, in which poverty is particularly pronounced, in turn display a certain tolerance for such cases, facilitating the establishment of a new market, where a human being, a baby, can be ordered as a commodity. There was and there still is a market for organs and tissues. In order to deal with the problem of the commodification of the human body, it needs to be investigated whether the principle of human dignity, which encompasses human self-determination and the underlying different legal systems could have been influenced by the cultural background of a society.
Ort: Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur”
Adresse: Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1-3, 53227 Bonn
Raum: Max-Weber-Vortragsraum
Veranstalter: Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur”
Weitere Informationen hier.
Quelle: Mitteilung der Universität Bonn vom 18.02.2016