Thinking across species - A critical bioethics approach to enhancement

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 509-523

  Twine, Richard ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals; Bioethics; Convergence; Enhancement; Ethical bypass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CLONING; CROP IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HUMANS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 41349102296     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-007-9057-6     Document Type: Article

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