Research on the views of genes assumed by the new eugenics.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K12826
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 01040:History of thought-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Akatsuka Kyoko 京都大学, iPS細胞研究所, 特定研究員 (90814244)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 新優生学 / 遺伝子操作 / 遺伝子観 / 生命倫理 / デザイナー・ベビー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to reveal the view of genes assumed by the new eugenics by examining the ethical issues surrounding genetic engineering into offspring to acquire a perspective from which to evaluate this ideology. Through this study, it was suggested that the new eugenics assumes the image of disability and disease as a medical model and is strongly oriented towards viewing genes as objectively assessable entities that are independent of the body.

Free Research Field

生命倫理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

遺伝子操作や生殖医療技術等の発展に伴い、子孫の遺伝形質の介入に伴う倫理的問題の検討は学術的にも社会的にも喫緊の課題である。こうした技術をめぐる倫理的問題と関連する新優生学に対する評価が定まらない現状において、本研究は新優生学思想の一端を明らかにすることでこの思想を評価する視点を提示することに貢献した。