생명 조작에 대한 연기적 관점

Current Development in Life Manipulation by Modern Bioscience and Its Reevaluation with Mutual Dependency Doctrine of Buddhism

  Modern science is based on the analytical reductionism resulted with a fragmented view on our world, compared to that of Buddha who showed us the mutually dependent holistic nature. As the advance of life science and biomedical areas in these days presents social and ethical questions in public, a more realistic understanding of the basic and clinical application that are likely to arise by scientific discoveries in our society is very necessary. In this paper the major three subjects, stem cell research, xenotransplatation, and genetically modified organism (GMO), in recent development of biotechnology are described in detail in context of biohazard and bioethics. Though those three specified areas are well-funded for research with good rationale by government and private sectors, some fatal problems are emerging from the view of Buddha"s teaching, especially holistic mutual dependency. Furthermore, the scientific terrorism that is done by pre-evaluated scientific discoveries is discussed with a misguided perception that science is value free.