Kant and bioethics

That scientific and technical progress is good and positive both in itself and with regard to humanity, no one would hesitate to proclaim it with a certain sincerity. This is all the more true for the man of today than for the man of yesterday who, favored by the spectacular advances in communication technologies and biotechnologies, etc., benefits from better living conditions than only a few decades ago. But whether this progress is in all respects unambiguous, is what seems doubtful. It is in this perspective, that these advances in biomedical sciences and the power of man over man that they induce, suggest a concern for the author who builds a bridge between Kant and Bioethics in view of the respect of the dignity of the human person, since the eminent principles of Bioethics and Kant's moral philosophy militate for the inviolability of human life.