Human Rights and Surrogacy – Association between Human Rights Approaches and Ethical Approaches
Abstract
The main problems that Modern Bioethics faces concern mainly
the terms of rights, which feature prominently in the theoreticalist
theories. If classical theories of deontocracy and utilitarianism are
applied to surrogate motherhood, we will be led not only to different but
also opposing decisions. Bioethics, nevertheless, ought to make the best
possible decisions and take into consideration moral aspects and values
by prioritizing the importance of rights. The correlation between human
rights and ethical approaches is particularly convoluted. Both of them are
established on the respect of human dignity, the individual’s importance
and the moral integrity of human existence. As regards the moral dilemmas
that arise as to the moral permissiveness of surrogacy, it behoves us to
apply a particular ethical theory that wil be uesd as a method of justifying
a certain decison. Therefore, in the case of surrogate motherhood, basic
ethical theories refer to Intuitionism and Ethical Ethics. A morality which
is reliant foremost on the notion of duty, imperative and obligation. It
examines the ethical dilemmas and answers the question of what one has
to do based on their individual imperatives and duties.
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Sakellaraki, K. K. (2019). Human Rights and Surrogacy – Association between Human Rights Approaches and Ethical Approaches. Epistēmēs Metron Logos, (2), 40–46. https://doi.org/10.12681/eml.20570
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