Screen LibraryThe human gene editing debate /
"Scholars have been debating the ethics of what is now called "human gene editing" for more than 60 years. This innovative book examines the historical debate and finds that it is set up as a slippery slope, with the ethically consensual acts of human gene editing at the top and the B...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Scholars have been debating the ethics of what is now called "human gene editing" for more than 60 years. This innovative book examines the historical debate and finds that it is set up as a slippery slope, with the ethically consensual acts of human gene editing at the top and the Brave New World or Gattaca at the dystopian bottom. More importantly, what stops the debate from slipping down the slope into unacceptable acts are agreed upon limits, which this book describes as barriers on the slope. The book describes what makes weak and strong barriers, and shows how the first barriers were |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-189) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780197519561 (hardcover) : 0197519563 (hardcover) 9780197519578 (electronic book) 0197519571 (electronic book) 9780197519585 (electronic publication) 019751958X (electronic publication) 9780197519592 (electronic book) 0197519598 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | QH438 |
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B82-057 Q78-05 |
| Call Number: | Q78-05/E927 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The First Barriers in the Human Genetic Engineering Debate -- The CRISPR Era, the National Academies Report, and the Median Trait Barrier -- Possible Barriers Further Down the Slope -- Conclusion |