Better than Men?: Sex and the Therapy/Enhancement Distinction

The normative significance of the distinction between therapy and enhancement has come under sustained philosophical attack in recent discussions of the ethics of shaping future persons by means of advanced genetic technologies. Giving up the idea that whether a condition is normal or not should pla...

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Main Author: Sparrow, Robert (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2010
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 2010, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-144
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