Genetic Interventions and The Ethics of Enhancement of Human Beings

The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Savulescu, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics of human enhancement; Frances Kamm; Genetic intervention; Human nature; Liberal eugenics; Medical technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924978486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199562411.003.0023     Document Type: Chapter

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