Defeating the Argument from Hubris

Biotechnologies – synthetic biology in particular – are sometimes blamed for playing God or manifesting hubris, that is, for evincing the vicious attitude of transcending the limits of human agency. In trying to create living organisms, we would adopt an attitude that is immoral for human beings. In...

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Main Author: Baertschi, Bernard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2013
In: Bioethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 27, Issue: 8, Pages: 435-441
Further subjects:B Synthetic Biology
B artificial life
B Hubris
B playing God
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