Kurt Bayertz, Westfälische Wilhelms‐Universität, Muenster, Germany
Michael Quante, Westfälische Wilhelms‐Universität, Muenster, Germany
Published online: September 2006
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005594
Genetic enhancement is a special form of genetic engineering that aims at improving human organisms, either by producing new traits or by strengthening existing ones. Genetic enhancement is generally distinguished from (genetic) therapy and is often regarded as ethically problematic or even inadmissible.
Keywords: genetic therapy; health; autonomy; risk; somatic versus germ-line intervention; eugenics
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| Further Reading | |
| book Bartram CR, Beckmann JP, Breyer F, et al. (2000) Humangenetische Diagnostik: Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen und gesellschaftliche Konsequenzen. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. | |
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| book Kitcher P (1996) The Lives to Come. The Genetic Revolution and the Human Possibilities. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. | |
| book Silver L (1998) Remaking Eden. New York, NY: Avon Books. | |
| book Walters L and Palmer JG (1996) The Ethics of Human Gene Therapy. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. | |
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