Human flourishing in an age of gene editing / edited by Erik Parens, Josephine Johnston
Contributor(s): Parens, Erik [editor] | Johnston, Josephine [editor] | Ohio Library and Information Network.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, ©2019Description: 270 p.Content type: text Media type: computer ISBN: 9780190940362.Subject(s): Gene editing -- Moral and ethical aspects | Bioethics | LifeGenre/Form: Electronic books | Print books.Summary: The potential uses of CRISPR-Cas9 and other gene editing technologies are unprecedented in human history. Altering human DNA, however, raises enormously difficult questions. Some of these questions are about safety: Can these technologies be deployed without posing an unreasonable risk of physical harm to current and future generations? But gene editing technologies also raise other moral questions, which touch on deeply held, personal, cultural, and societal values. In the new essays collected here, an interdisciplinary group of scholars asks age-old questions about the nature and well-being| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QH332 .H86 2019 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000015164 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
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The potential uses of CRISPR-Cas9 and other gene editing technologies are unprecedented in human history. Altering human DNA, however, raises enormously difficult questions. Some of these questions are about safety: Can these technologies be deployed without posing an unreasonable risk of physical harm to current and future generations? But gene editing technologies also raise other moral questions, which touch on deeply held, personal, cultural, and societal values. In the new essays collected here, an interdisciplinary group of scholars asks age-old questions about the nature and well-being