Ethics of Scientific Research and the Principle of Precaution

Predviđeno je carevanje znanosti, a znanstvenici su već zasjeli na pijedestal. Vrijeme je da se zapitamo što su im prioriteti, obogaćuju li znanje ili se pretvaraju u menadžere s doktoratom iz prirodnih znanosti, upitnih etičkih prosuđivanja te djelomične znanstvene spoznaje. Postmoderna zapadna kultura lišena je metafizičkog temelja, a njezin subjekt zaslijepljen je željama za napretkom i efikasnošću. Život i opstanak su u rukama znanstvenih genija despotskih sklonosti, ali i znanstvenih analfabeta koji u njih imaju apsolutno povjerenje. Na pragu obećane, ali ne i obećavajuće ere posthumanizma evidentno se intenzivira osjećaj umreženosti svih stvorenja. On se izražava se kroz načelo opreznosti, bioetičke projekte i kršćansko-personalistički stav koji poziva čovjeka na brigu i solidarnost, na preispitivanje svog odnosa prema životu i osobi, ali i prema svom traganju za istim.We anticipate the reign of science, and the scientists have already sat on a pedestal. It is right time to ask what are their priorities, are they enhancing the knowledge, or are they gradually converted to managers with a doctorate in natural sciences with questionable ethical and partial scientific reasoning. Postmodern Western culture is devoid of metaphysical foundations and its subjects wish only progress and effectiveness. Life and survival are in the hands of scientific geniuses as well as scientific analphabets which they have absolute confidence in them. On the threshold of the promised but not promising era of post-humanism the sense of interdependence of all creatures is evidently intensified. We are expressing that sense through principle of precaution, bioethical projects and Christian personalistic attitude that calls us to show care and solidarity, to constantly review our attitude to life and correlation to one another, but also by seeking for the same