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Medical treatments of the future: Between animality and artifice

Author(s) -

Georges Chapouthier

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

comptes rendus biologies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529

H-Index - 84

eISSN - 1768-3238

pISSN - 1631-0691

DOI - 10.1016/j.crvi.2015.07.002

Subject(s) - ethnology , humanities , environmental ethics , human animal , political science , philosophy , biology , sociology , ecology , livestock

Medical treatments are behavioural phenomena developed through acculturation, but dating back to our animal ancestors. Medical treatments, and indeed other cultural phenomena, have been extensively developed in certain human societies, triggering risks that could affect the future of mankind. Excessive modification of the physical animal function of the human body, which has matured harmoniously over millions of years of biological evolution, may change the very nature of the human being. Respect for the animal nature of the human being stands as a key safeguard when considering medical treatments for the future.

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