The use of biotechnologies for enhancement: genetic engineering and social ethics
This case invites students to explore, debate, and find consensus on ethical aspects of biotechnologies related to enhancement. Students are provided with an overview of some ethical views on enhancement which they use as inspiration for two debates: one that focuses on questions of moral luck vs. distributive justice in deciding whether or not to pursue genetic engineering, and a second that asks if scientific progress should be subject to limitations based on its carbon emissions impact.
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International
Keywords: Gene editing, Biotechnologies, Enhancement, Moral luck, Distributive Justice, Carbon accounting
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