Enhancing genetic virtue: A project for twenty-first century humanity?

Politics and the Life Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 27-47

  Walker, Mark ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Moral enhancement; Pre implantation genetic diagnosis; Virtue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MORALITY; POLITICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MORALS; POLITICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77949281599     PISSN: 07309384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2990/28_2_27     Document Type: Article

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