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Evolution, Genetic Engineering, and Human Enhancement

机译:进化,基因工程和人类增强

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There are many ways that biological theory can inform ethical discussions of genetic engineering and biomedical enhancement. In this essay, we highlight some of these potential contributions, and along the way provide a synthetic overview of the papers that comprise this special issue. We begin by comparing and contrasting genetic engineering with programs of selective breeding that led to the domestication of plants and animals, and we consider how genetic engineering differs from other contemporary biotechnologies such as embryo selection. We go on to consider the implications of genetic engineering for human nature, human evolution, and persistence of the human species. Finally, we question whether genetic interventions warrant the extraordinary ethical scrutiny they are often given, and we show how the misleading "genetic blueprint" metaphor has imposed a faulty structure on the enhancement debate. We conclude by considering the nature of biological development and the sobering limits it places on what genetic engineering can reasonably hope to achieve.
机译:生物学理论可以通过多种方式为有关遗传工程和生物医学增强的伦理讨论提供参考。在本文中,我们重点介绍了其中的一些潜在贡献,并在此过程中对构成此特刊的论文进行了综合综述。我们首先将基因工程与导致植物和动物驯化的选择性育种计划进行比较和对比,然后考虑基因工程与其他现代生物技术(例如胚胎选择)的不同之处。我们继续考虑基因工程对人性,人类进化和人类持久性的影响。最后,我们质疑遗传干预措施是否值得经常进行特殊的伦理审查,并且我们展示了误导性的“遗传蓝图”隐喻如何在强化辩论中施加了错误的结构。最后,我们考虑了生物发展的性质及其令人发指的局限性,这限制了基因工程可以合理地希望实现的目标。

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    《Philosophy & technology》 |2012年第4期|439-458|共20页
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    Boston University, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA;

    Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford Centre for Ncurothics,Suite 8, Littlcgatc House, St Ebbes Street, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK;

    Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford Centre for Ncurothics,Suite 8, Littlcgatc House, St Ebbes Street, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK;

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    enhancement; evolution; genetic engineering; human nature; selection;

    机译:增强演化;基因工程;人性;选择;

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