We are asked to give a personal consideration regarding biotechnology and the so-called “designer babies.” Before expressing my reflections on this topic, I must indicate that this field is full of scientific elements about which I do not feel qualified to speak with...
Juan Antonio García Amado, in his essay “Rhetoric, Argumentation, and Law,” explains that in order to understand the role that rhetoric currently plays in legal argumentation, it is necessary to remember that medieval jurists attributed great importance to rhetoric...
Eduardo Jorge Prats indicates that the constitution and fundamental rights must be interpreted and applied in a way that optimizes their maximum effectiveness to favor the holder of these rights. This concept is also found in the dominican constitution, which in...
1. main functions of the public powers Article 4 of the Constitution of the Dominican Republic establishes the division of the government of the Nation into three public powers: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. This provision also guarantees the...
Ernesto Garzón Valdez, in his article “Restrictions of Representative Democracy”, explains that two anthropological conceptions have historically dominated political thought. On the one hand, there is an optimistic conception, which considers human beings as...
Below, I present my response to the questions that were assigned to us for this module. Through them, I was able to learn about the existence of the UDBHR of 2005, the International Declaration on Human Genetic Data, and the Declaration of Ethical Principles for...
