Abstract

The relation between morals and ethics, but especially the ethical implications of the various (human and biological) branches of science are the subject of the international symposium "Science and Society: New Ethical Interactions", organized by the Fondazione C. Erba, Milan, November 25th, 2005. The problem of health care in the area of "orphan" medicine, the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind, the development of the human being as a result of the evolutionary process, the controversies emerging from the biological technologies based on genetic manipulation, the man/animal relationship, the influence of GMOs on the food safety and, finally, the discussion of many commonplaces on science and man from the literary point of view are some of the aspects addressed in this conference, which aimed to stress a novel position about the ethical and social issues resulting from the research activity.