Enhancing the species: Genetic engineering technologies and human persistence
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Many of the existing ethical analyses of genetic engineering technologies (GET) focus on how they can be used to enhance individuals-to improve individual well-being, health and cognition. There is a gap in the current literature about the specific ways enhancement technologies could be used to improve our populations and species, viewed as a whole. In this paper, I explore how GET may be used to enhance the species through improvements in the gene pool. I argue one aspect of the species that...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2012 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/71947 |
Source: | Philosophy & Technology |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13347-012-0086-3 |
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