The Human Gene Editing Debate

by John H Evans and John H. Evans

In 2018 the first genetically modified babies were reportedly born in China, made possible by the invention of CRISPR technology in 2012. This controversial advancement overturned the pre-existing moral consensus, which had held for over fifty years before: while gene editing an adult person was morally acceptable, modifying babies, and thus subsequent generations, crossed a significant moral line. If this line is passed over, scientists will be left...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197519563
• ISBN13: 9780197519561
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"