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Ethics, Science and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction (Volume 10, supplement 1, 2005)
New breeds of humans: the moral obligation to enhance
J Savulescu Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Littlegate House, St Ebbe's Street, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK
This paper argues we have a moral obligation to enhance human beings. It is argued that if one is committed to the moral obligation to treat and prevent disease, one is also committed to genetic and other enhancement in so far as this promotes human wellbeing. It is argued that this is not eugenic but expresses our fundamental human nature: to make rational decisions and to try to improve ourselves. To be human is to strive to be better.
Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2005 Vol. 10, suppl. 1, 36–39
Keywords: abortion, enhancement, eugenics, genetic selection, genetics, well-being
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