The illiberality of perfectionist enhancement

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-98

  Dekker, Teun J ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eugenics; Genetic enhancement; Liberalism; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649106120     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-008-9150-2     Document Type: Article

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