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020			_a9780197519592 (e-book)
040			_cCvSU Main Campus Library _erda
041			_aeng
050			_aQH438.7 _b Ev1 2020
100			_930244 _aEvans, John Hyde _eauthor
245			_aThe human gene editing debate / _cby John Hyde Evans
260			_a New York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c2020
300			_a1 online resource (216, pages) : _bcolor illustrations.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _acomputer
338			_2rdacarrier _aonline resource
500			_ahttps://www.universitypressscholarship.com/
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_aI. Introduction -- 1. The first barriers in the human genetic engineering debate -- 2. The CRISPR Era, the national academies report, and the median trait barrier -- 3. Possible barriers further down the slope
520			_aScholars 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 it shows how the first barriers were built on the slope. The first barrier was between modifying the existing human body (upslope of the barrier and acceptable) and modifying the species (downslope of the barrier and unacceptable). The second was between modifying to combat disease (upslope) and modifying to enhance a person’s abilities (downslope). The book shows how these barriers were weakened and finally knocked over, potentially allowing people to engage in any human gene editing they desired. The book then turns to describing barriers that could be built on the slope and also shows that many commonly advocated barriers are unstable. The debate about human gene editing, as well as many other debates in bioethics, would be greatly improved if participants would consider the insights of this book and only create defensible barriers.
541			_aFund 164 _bCE-Logic _cPurchased _dFeb 16, 2022 _eOEBP000230 _fP. Roderno _hPHP 5,620.20 _p2022-02-057 _q22-1054
650		0	_930245 _aGene editing _xMoral and ethical aspects
650		0	_926331 _aHuman genetics
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