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Radical Evolution

Published on Nov 06, 2015

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RADICAL EVOLUTION

ETHICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
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BIOTECHNOLOGY

MANIPULATION OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
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RELATED ISSUES

  • Biological enhancement
  • Cloning
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Eugenics
  • GMOs
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EUGENICS

"GOOD BREEDING"
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"We want people who are healthy, good-natured, emotionally stable, sympathetic and smart."

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"We do not want idiots, imbeciles, paupers, and criminals."
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

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GENETIC SCREENING

IDENTIFY RECESSIVE TRAITS
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PREVENT HARM

TO THOSE WITH GENETIC DISEASES
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PARENTAL OBLIGATION?

PREVENT HARM THROUGH INFORMED CHOICE
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PIGD

PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
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PREVENTING DISEASES

SELECT EMBRYOS WITHOUT MUTATIONS
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GENE THERAPY

TREATING GENETIC DISEASES
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SOMATIC-CELL

CORRECTING DISEASES NOW
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GERM-LINE ALTERATION

DISEASE PREVENTION FOR THE FUTURE
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GENETIC ENHANCEMENT

FUNCTIONING ABOVE THE BASELINE
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COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT

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PRINCIPLES

  • Beneficence
  • Nonmaleficence
  • Autonomy
  • Justice
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HUMAN?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
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REFERENCES

  • Walter Glannon, Biomedical Ethics
  • Joel Garreau, Radical Evolution
  • Francis Fukuyama, Our Posthuman Future
  • Barbara MacKinnon, Ethics
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LEARN UP!

A VISUAL COMMUNICATION FROM
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Barry Casey

www.danteswoods.wordpress.com