Bioethics

The Bioethics group deals with the ethical problems and the technical and social risks of synthetic biology. Goal is to develop criteria for the ethical evaluation of synthetic biology /microbiology.

The ethical reflection is based on a consequentialist approach, which focus on balancing desirable and undesirable consequences of action and considers a realistic description of the actual state of research in the field of synthetic biology/microbiology and its applications. For this purpose a model for the ethical assessment of synthetic biology/microbiology (“Stufenmodell zur ethischen Bewertung der Synthetischen Biologie/Mikrobiologie”) is developed in close collaboration with all research areas of SYNMIKRO.