Genetically Engineered Traits versus Virtuous Living
It is fruitless to attempt to genetically engineer virtuous living. Prenatal genome modification could, in principle, establish desired traits and predispose us to certain behaviors. But, traits given at birth are not the same thing as a virtuous character that can be acquired only by self-disciplin...
| Otros títulos: | Moral enhancement and deification through technology? |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Routledge
[2018]
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| En: |
Theology and science
Año: 2018, Volumen: 16, Número: 3, Páginas: 319-329 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | NBE Antropología NCB Ética individual NCJ Ética de la ciencia |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Mark Walker
B Genetic Engineering B Virtue |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Sumario: | It is fruitless to attempt to genetically engineer virtuous living. Prenatal genome modification could, in principle, establish desired traits and predispose us to certain behaviors. But, traits given at birth are not the same thing as a virtuous character that can be acquired only by self-discipline. The ethicist further fears that free market eugenics - the sale of gene modification - may become one more expression of the social sin our culture inherits. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2018.1488522 |