Habermas, human agency, and human genetic enhancement: The grown, the made, and responsibility for actions

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-210

  Herissone Kelly, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ETHICAL THEORY; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84857875331     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180111000703     Document Type: Article

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