The natural history of the ethical concept and its implications for the present natural equilibrium

The present article was originally published in the medical italian journal,Rassegna Medica, 1984. The author, on the basis of the recent development of the biotechnology, genetic engineering and environment exploitation by man, attempts to reconstruct the natural history of the ethical concept and its implications for the present natural equilibrium. On this basis he suggests a concept of bioethics which stresses Man-Environment interaction.