Two concepts of dignity for humans and non-human organisms in the context of genetic engineering

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-27

  Balzer, Philipp ^a   Rippe, Klaus Peter ^a   Schaber, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dignity; Genetic engineering; Nonhuman inherent value; Swiss Constitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542385247     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009536230634     Document Type: Article

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