What is bioconsevatism?
Bioconsevatism is a social, political and moral attitude that urges the regulation and surrender of biotechnology considered by biocon -ustrian substances as dangerous, dehumanizing or immoral. Common objectives of regulation include genetic modification (genetic engineering) crops and animals (including humans), preimplantation genetic diagnosis, therapeutic and reproductive cloning, stem cells and human strengthening, including radical extension of life and cognitive modification. Biokonsevatism is sometimes considered the "third dimension" of political orientation, along with more conventional dimensions of social and economic liberalism/conservatism.
What is clearly unusual about bioconsevatism is how two groups emerge, which otherwise disagree with virtually everything: religious conservatives and liberal environmentalists. Among the religious conservatives, bioconsevatism is best symbolized by the President of former President Bush for Bioetics AA by its founding chairman, Leon KasDuring its existence, Bush's Presidential Council for Bioetics published contributions and books that argue against the application of new biotechnologies such as stem cells, cloning, extending life and human improvement. The most important liberal ecological bioconservative group is the Center for Genetics and Society based in Oakland, California. Both the Presidential Council for Bioetics and the Center for Genetics and Society were founded in 2001 in response to a new development in biotechnology. These groups argue that these new technologies are inhuman, unhealthy and in some cases violate human dignity and importance of life.
A contrasting view of bioconsevaticism is technoprogressivismism or transhumanism. Transhumanists and technopogresive groups such as an institute for ethics and emerging technologies, especially online organizations, claim that new biotechnology should bereceived carefully. They compare modern bioconsechatism with historical discomfort about dissection of corpses, vaccination, blood gifts, intense in vitro and the use of contraception. According to these groups, new biotechnologies will be accepted whether or not they are forbidden in individual jurisdictions, so it makes sense to prepare for their arrival carefully about the ethics involved.