RT Article
T1 Genome Editing for Involuntary Moral Enhancement
JF Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
VO 28
IS 1
SP 46
OP 54
A1 Rakić, Vojin
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1827972599
AB During the previous years, voluntary moral bioenhancement (VMBE) has been contrasted to compulsory moral bioenhancement (CMBE). In this paper a third possible type of moral bioenhancement is discussed: genome editing for moral enhancement of the unborn that is neither voluntary nor compulsory, but involuntary. Involuntary moral bioenhancement (IMBE) might engineer people who will be more moral than they otherwise would have been. The possibilities of genome editing aimed at moral enhancement of our offspring is assessed. It is argued that genome editing might have the potential to engineer our offspring in three domains: to be more empathetic, to be less violently aggressive, and to have a higher potential for complex moral reflection. Genome editing is discussed in these three domains, and a proposal made that a combination of VMBE and IMBE might be the best option humans have to become better.
K1 Freedom
K1 moral reflection
K1 violent aggression
K1 Empathy
K1 compulsory moral bioenhancement
K1 voluntary moral bioenhancement
K1 involuntary moral bioenhancement
K1 Genome Editing
DO 10.1017/S0963180118000373