ATS1264 Study Guide - Final Guide: Liberal Eugenics, Reproductive Rights, Genome Editing
5 Dec 2018
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The ethical and social issues that emerge in the context of using biotechnology to pursue reproductive goals. Prohibition of human cloning for reproduction act 2002. Crispr-cas9: cheap and easy tool developed a few years ago. "snip" dna and insert a different gene (gene editing/genome editing: agar --> wildly inaccurate in estimation of how fast technology will advance (has moved faster than he anticipated) Genetic enhancement used to be a speculation until around 5 years ago - crispr-cas9. Worries --> e. g. crispr-cas9 = form of eugenics. Deliberate means of influencing procreative success improving" individual/species qualities (e. g. genetic traits) World-wide phenomenon, popular in early c20th; less popular after ww2 --> some countries practised it differently than other countries: negative eugenics: prevent someone from procreating (e. g. forced sterilization, limiting access to ivf for some groups) - Why are some people claiming that eugenics need not be bad: new kind of eugenics respecting freedoms and value pluralism?? (liberal eugenics)
