A not-so-new eugenics: Harris and Savulescu on human enhancement

Robert James Sparrow

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A not-so-new eugenics: Harris and Savulescu on human enhancement

Robert James Sparrow

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John Harris and Julian Savulescu, leading figures in the “new” eugenics, argue that parents are morally obligated to use genetic and other technologies to enhance their children. But the argument they give leads to conclusions even more radical than they acknowledge. Ultimately, the world it would lead to is not all that different from that championed by eugenicists one hundred years ago.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Ethics of Sports Technologies and Human Enhancement
Editors	Thomas H. Murray, Voo Teck Chuan
Place of Publication	Abingdon UK
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	25
Pages	387-398
Number of pages	22
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9781472430946
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003075004-31
Publication status	Published - 2016

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A not-so-new eugenics: Harris and Savulescu on human development
Sparrow, R., 2011, In: The Hastings Center Report. 41, 1, p. 32 - 42 11 p.
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