Dignity of Human Life in Bioethics
Journal Title: Annals of Bioethics & Clinical Applications - Year 2022, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Dignity of human life is widely uses in bioethics. There are many controversial topics in bioethics which uses human dignity as the basis of their argument. UNESCO’s Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights placed human dignity, human rights and fundamental freedom as the basic principle of bioethics. Human dignity become a solid and strong foundation for bioethical principles, in which, human being is placed at the center of the development of science and technology and not marginalized.
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Kusmaryanto CB*
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