Abstract
The bioethical debate over the commercialization of the human body has intensified in recent years. This article discusses the principles of ethics and autonomy in the most important ethnography on international traffic in human organs, coordinated by anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes. The author discusses how defending the ethics of non-commercialization of the human body entails absolute ethical principles pertaining to human life, a political premise whose legitimacy is not recognized by relativist anthropologists.
Highlights
Resumo O debate sobre os fundamentos éticos da comercialização de partes do corpo humano cresce a cada dia na bioética
This article discusses the principles of ethics and autonomy in the most important ethnography on international traffic in human organs, coordinated by anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes
The author discusses how defending the ethics of non-commercialization of the human body entails absolute ethical principles pertaining to human life, a political premise whose legitimacy is not recognized by relativist anthropologists
Summary
Resumo O debate sobre os fundamentos éticos da comercialização de partes do corpo humano cresce a cada dia na bioética. Em nome dessa intransigência face a alguns dos personagens da etnografia, e especialmente pela opção de julgamento político da prática da mercantilização de partes do corpo humano, a autora confrontou-se com o debate sobre a eticidade ou não do comércio.
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