Natural Sciences and their Popularization: Problems of Interaction and Correlation with Law
https://doi.org/10.17803/1994-1471.2022.143.10.072-082
Abstract
In this material, readers will be presented with the author’s reflections on the relationship and mutual influence of various natural sciences, in particular genetics and law. In the introduction, attention is drawn to scientific data that show that man as a biological species, in principle, was initially little adapted to the perception and processing of information from natural sciences. This, according to the author, makes it difficult to understand both the specifics of the regulation of medical technologies or genetic research, and the popularization of natural sciences just to facilitate the search for approaches to the legal regulation of such areas. In the main part of the article, several examples will be given and commented on, demonstrating the importance and, at the same time, the difficulty of popularizing natural science knowledge both for law and, in principle, for the existence of the human species. In conclusion, the author’s forecasts regarding the future place of law in relation to the natural sciences, demonstrates possible prospects for their interaction.
Keywords
natural sciences,
law,
popularization,
human genome,
genetics,
needs,
dualism,
dignity,
cognitive sciences,
morality
About the Author
S. S. Zaikin
Kutafin Moscow State Law University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey S. Zaikin, Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor, Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law
ul. Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, d. 9, Moscow, Russia, 125993
References
1. Balytnikov V. V. Koronakrizis, konstitutsionnaya reforma i zashchita psikhicheskogo zdorovya naseleniya // Sotsialno-ekonomicheskoe razvitie i kachestvo pravovoy sredy: sbornik dokladov VIII Moskovskogo yuridicheskogo foruma: v 5 ch. — Ch. 2. — M.: Izdatelskiy tsentr Universiteta imeni O.E. Kutafina (MGYuA), 2021. — S. 19–21.
2. Belyaev D. K. Sovremennaya nauka i problemy issledovaniya cheloveka // Voprosy filosofii. — 1981. — № 3. — S. 3–16.
3. Ispolzovanie geneticheskoy informatsii pri osushchestvlenii strakhovaniya: sovremennye problemy i perspektivy ikh resheniya / E. I. Suvorova, V. V. Nikiforov, N. P. Istomin [i dr.] // Problemy prava. — 2019. — № 3 (72). — S. 47–54.
4. Simonov P. V. Motivirovannyy mozg. — M.: Nauka, 1987. — 266 s.
5. Bloom P. Descartes’ baby: How the science of child development explains what makes us human. — Random House, 2005. — 342 p.
6. Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science / Paul Bloom [et al.] // Science 316, 996 (2007). — DOI: 10.1126/science.1133398. — P. 996–997.
7. Exploring the genetic correlations of antisocial behaviour and life history traits / J. J. Tielbeek, J. C. Barnes, A. Popma [et al.] // BJPsych Open (2018). — P. 467–470. — DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2018.63.
8. Hinde R. A. Why good is good: the sources of morality. — Routledge, 2002. — 256 p.
9. Lerner M. J. The belief in a just world. A Fundamental Delusion. — Springer Science + Business Media New York, 1980. — 217 p. — DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0448-5.
Review
For citations:
Zaikin S.S. Natural Sciences and their Popularization: Problems of Interaction and Correlation with Law. Actual Problems of Russian Law. 2022;17(10):72-82. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17803/1994-1471.2022.143.10.072-082
Views:
333
Email this article 