In one study funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, people from North Dakota were interviewed to discover which moral principles they use in evaluating the morality of transgenic organisms and their introduction into markets. It was found that although the moral codes the human subjects employed were very similar, their views on transgenics were vastly different. In this paper, the codes that were used by the respondents are developed, compared to that of the academically composed Belmont Report, and then modified to create the more practical Common Moral Code. At the end, it is shown that the Common Moral Code has inherent inconsistency flaws that might be resolvable, but would require extensive work on the definition of terms and principles. However, the effort is worthwhile, especially if it results in a common moral code that all those involved in the debate are willing to use in negotiating a resolution to their differences.

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转基因生物辩论中的实用道德准则

在美国农业部资助的一项研究中，来自北达科他州的人们接受了采访，以了解他们在评估转基因生物的道德及其进入市场时使用的道德原则。结果发现，虽然人类受试者采用的道德准则非常相似，但他们对转基因的看法却大不相同。在本文中，受访者使用的准则与学术编写的贝尔蒙特报告的准则相比得到了发展，然后进行了修改以创建更实用的共同道德准则。最后，表明共同道德规范具有内在的不一致缺陷，这些缺陷可能是可以解决的，但需要对术语和原则的定义进行大量工作。然而，努力是值得的，