ABSTRACT
This article defends the possible existence of both ethics and bioethics from the Hindu perspective even though they apparently are less important than the West. It clarifies the need for the categories of “good” and “bad” to exist in the common language that will somehow order our behavior to procure the good and restrain the bad ones. The article argues that the notion of dharma in Hinduism is related directly to such categories strengthening or modifying our actions. This rational thinking, however, does not belong to any religious system of norms but on pure discernment, making it universally accessible to everyone. Concerning neurogenomics, this discernment points at three areas from a Christian perspective: the risk of losing the “ontological,” the sense of solidarity and the sense of suffering. Ethics in neurogenomics means establishing certain limits to preserve human life and dignity from being transformed into something else.
