What Exactly is Risky about Germ-Line Genetic Engineering? A Critique and Reformulation

• In Event: Political, Ethical, and Legal Challenges of New Technology

Brief Overview

Since the 1970s bioethics has emphasized the distinction between somatic and germ-line applications of genetic technologies. This paper criticizes this distinction and develops a new framework for assessing heritable modifications to human biology.

Author

• Nicholas A Geiser, Brown University