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Genetic Selection and Enhancement

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Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
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Professor Julian Savulescu and Dr Katrien Devolder discuss the use of genetic testing to select which children to bring into the world.
Should we use genetic testing to choose which children to bring into the world, and if so, how should we choose? Is it acceptable to choose a deaf child? Should we choose our children on the basis of non-disease traits such as intelligence or fitness, if we can? Does genetic selection put too much pressure on prospective parents? In this interview with Katrien Devolder (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics), Professor Julian Savulescu, director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, defends his controversial view that we should select those children, from among the children we could have, that will have the best chance at the best life.

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Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
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Julian Savulescu
Katrien Devolder
Keywords
genetic selection
human enhancement
procreative beneficence
Department: Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Date Added: 04/11/2019
Duration: 00:55:45

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