The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering by Michael J. Sandel

Author:Michael J. Sandel
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Published: 2009-08-04T03:36:00+00:00

LIBERAL EUGENICS

In the age of the genome, the language of eugenics is making a comeback, not only among critics but also among defenders of enhancement. An influential school of Anglo-American political philosophers calls for a new "liberal eugenics," by which they mean noncoercive genetic enhancements that do not restrict the autonomy of the child. "While old-fashioned authoritarian eugenicists sought to produce citizens out of a single centrally designed mould," writes Nicholas Agar, "the distinguishing mark of the new liberal eugenics is state neutrality." 22 Governments may not tell parents what sort of children to design, and parents may engineer in their children only those traits that improve their capacities without biasing their choice of life plans.

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