This article inquires into complex backgrounds in the chaotic discussions regarding “human dignity” in Germany and seeks to propose a basic aspect to construct this theme appropriately. The legal concept of “human dignity” contains historical or philosophical factors and different standpoints regarding dogmatic legal organization. Against the connection thesis between dignity and life in the abortion judgement are the separation thesis and the naturalistic fallacy. People can widely diverge in their discussions about the beginning of the protection of human life (...) and the normative foundations. Many positions are confronted in the issue of the intervention of reproductive medicine in embryonic life. In the above-mentioned contexts, people can notice the diversity in the guaranteed contents of “human dignity” and the distinction between status level and actor level. I attempt to construct “human dignity” and human life based on the uniqueness of real human being. Life is the biologic foundation of an individual. I and life are not separable. People must respect the hereditary originality in human life. Thus, “human dignity” gains the real foundation jointly with human life. Human life can resist the utilitarian popurality jointly with “human dignity”. (shrink)

語られること多くして、知られること少ない「人間の尊厳」の核心に迫る試み。ドイツにおける憲法学、(法)哲学、生命倫理で重層的に展開された初期の人間の生命の法的地位をめぐる錯綜した議論を解き明かす。.

The generation of complex organ structures such as the eye requires the intricate orchestration of multiple cellular interactions. In this paper, early retinal development is discussed with respect to the structure formation of the optic cup. Although recent studies have elucidated molecular mechanisms of retinal differentiation, little is known about how the unique shape of the optic cup is determined. A recent report has demonstrated that optic‐cup morphogenesis spontaneously occurs in three‐dimensional stem‐cell culture without external forces, indicating a latent intrinsic (...) order to generate the structure. Based on this self‐organizing phenomenon, we introduce the “relaxation‐expansion” model to mechanically interpret the tissue dynamics that enable the spontaneous invagination of the neural retina. This model involves three consecutive local rules (relaxation, apical constriction, and expansion), and its computer simulation recapitulates the optic‐cup morphogenesis in silico. (shrink)