[marron]Abstract[/marron]

In this first article from the roots of Bioethics, published in 1926, Fritz Jahr uses scientific and artistic references of his time to propose the passage of a Bio-psyche to a Bio-ethics, through the acquisition of an ethical obligation not only to human beings but also to all living beings.
Among Jahr’s literary and musical references are a story by Hans Christian Andersen, and the operas Parsifal and the Mastersinger of Nuremberg, by Wagner.
To analyze human obligations towards all living beings, or what is know as, the bioethical actions [Bioetische beziehungen] which includes animals and plants, Jahr takes fundamental antecedents such as Herder, considering "needs", and Krause, in relation to "purposes", in order to propose a bio-ethical imperative: "Respect every living being on principle as a goal in itself and treat it, if possible, as such.”

[Abstract by Irene Cambra Badii]