Human genetic engineering in the South African context with its inequalities : a discourse on human rights and human dignity

dc.contributor.authorKotze, Manitzaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-02T11:04:16Z
dc.date.available2015-10-02T11:04:16Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionPlease cite as follows:en_ZA
dc.descriptionKotzé, M. 2014. Human genetic engineering in the South African context with its inequalities : a discourse on human rights and human dignity. Scriptura, 113(1): 1-11, doi:10.7833/113-0-722.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/722en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThere are still severe inequalities in presentday democratic South Africa; this is no secret. The ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor also contributes to increasing disparities of access to health care and medical treatment, as well as the ability to afford them. Human genetic engineering (HGE) is fast becoming an everyday reality and, though it is not forecast to become commercially available in South Africa very soon and many of the promised benefits are still very far in the future, anticipatory reflection is needed. This article considers just one of the challenges that HGE poses to Christian ethics within the South African context and its inequalities, especially with regards to health care, as part of the discourse of human dignity and human rights.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/722
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.identifier.citationKotzé, M. 2014. Human genetic engineering in the South African context with its inequalities : a discourse on human rights and human dignity. Scriptura, 113(1): 1-11, doi:10.7833/113-0-722.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2305-445X (online)
dc.identifier.issn0254-1807 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.7833/113-0-722.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97534en_ZA
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_ZA
dc.subjectGenetic engineeringen_ZA
dc.subjectDignityen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_ZA
dc.titleHuman genetic engineering in the South African context with its inequalities : a discourse on human rights and human dignityen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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