Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
The Korean Society for Medical Ethics
Article

인체 부분들(Human Body Parts)의 존재론적 특성에 대한 철학적 고찰*

조선우1,*
Sunwoo CHO1,*
1이화여자대학교
1Ewha Institute for Biomedical Law & Ethics Ewha Law School of Ewha Woman's University
*교신저자: 조선우. 이화여자대학교. 02-3277-4238. sunwoo00@gmail.com

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Received: Mar 29, 2013; Accepted: Apr 20, 2013

Published Online: Apr 30, 2013

ABSTRACT

It is uncontroversial that human body parts, including human material, are physical beings. However, they seem to be treated not just as physical objects but as those of a special kind. There seems to be some ontological characters of human body parts that explain why we tend to feel uncomfortable or unpleasant when those parts are treated in certain ways that will be introduced in this paper. This paper explores the ontological characters of human body parts by means of comparison with other physical beings that also cannot be explained by reductive materialism-that is, human beings and works of art. For this goal, I examine Dworkin’s discussion of the sanctity of human life-based on the concept of ‘creative investment’- and Margolis’ analysis of the ontology of artworks-based on the concept of ‘cultural emergence’. The insight that each of these can offer as well as the applicability of these to human body parts will be discussed.

Keywords: 인체의 부분들; 인체유래물; 존재론적 특성; 창조력; 문화적 창발
Keywords: human body parts; human material; ontoloical characters; creative investment; cultural emergence