Persönlichkeit und Subjektivität

Recent developments in medical techniques have given rise to urging moral questions, especially in view of the trade with human „spare parts“ and the manipulations of the genetic code of humans. In Germany, „ethics commissions“ supported by the Federal Government have been founded, the competence of philosophers to find solutions to these moral issues being widely accepted here. So far, however, central problems of morality, such as the systematic basis for the person's inviolability, could not be solved by the general philosophical approach. The paper tries to outline the reasons for this failure and to offer a solution based on a study of the nature of peace-making structures as suggested by the philosophy of law.