Resumen de El hombre y la naturaleza un análisis acerca de los cultivos modificados genéticamente
Maria del Mar Noguera Fernandez
After the development of the first genetically modified product, back in the eighties, both critiques and acclaims have continuously succeeded each other. The observer may claim that, through genètic engineering, the biggest hopes and dreams of human being can be fulfilled, as well as fear, hopeTessness and scepticism. This situation shows how the concept of Nature is broken down by modern man in two different terms: nature and human being. This disintegration is what has led to the dissociation between the natural system of human "hfe and the artificial structure created by technology.when we talk about genètic engineering, we refer to some part of the new biotechnology that is leaned on the scientific knowledge brought up by different specialised disciplines. It is different from the traditional biotechnology that is a process of learning by trial and error, not including in the analysis the knowledge that helps explain the causes of the phenomena that yield the observed results. ln this regard, we differentiate between the utilisation of nature, that takes place in the case of the traditional biotechnology, and the production of living, that will take place as a consequence of genètic engineering. The difference in the meaning of use of nature in both cases leads to the need of re-examining the role of human being within the natural world and, furthermore, of re-assessing what the concept of human being and of nature mean. For this goal, I perform a review of scientific studies of GMO's and a historical-philosophical analysis of the relationship man-nature. They will help us in the study of the philosophy of nature, through which we will refute many of both the justifications and accusations of the new biotechnology that have been made. As a solution to this situation, I propose the restoration of the relationship man-nature, diligently run and respectful, representing the implementation of the principie of precaution to the genetically modified crops.
