1. Enhancing Evolution
- Author
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Harris, John and Harris, John
- Subjects
- Bioethics, Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects, Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects
- Abstract
Decisive biotechnological interventions in the lottery of human life--to enhance our bodies and brains and perhaps irreversibly change our genetic makeup--have been widely rejected as unethical and undesirable, and have often met with extreme hostility. But in Enhancing Evolution, leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer babies, and cloning to make a forthright, sweeping, and rigorous ethical case for using biotechnology to improve human life. Human enhancement, Harris argues, is a good thing--good morally, good for individuals.
- Published
- 2007