genetic enhancement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandenhancement
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genetic
adjective
uk/dʒəˈnet.ɪk/us/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪk/
belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from ...
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enhancement
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/us/ɪnˈhæns.mənt/
the process of improving the quality, amount, or strength ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandenhancementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgenetic enhancement
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Isgeneticenhancementinherently unethical?
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The present consensus is thatgeneticenhancementis ethically unacceptable.
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The final chapter ongeneticenhancementis particularly enjoyable.
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Geneticenhancementis not inherently immoral nor is genetic therapy inherently moral.
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What is particularly concerning aboutgeneticenhancementis the potential speed of change.
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The commercial pressures forgeneticenhancementmay make the momentum for change irresistible.
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There is nothing special in this regard aboutgeneticenhancementtechnology.
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In conclusion,geneticenhancementis not clearly an evil deserving of outright prohibition.
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Some types of genetic therapy are morally acceptable while some types ofgeneticenhancementare unacceptable.
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There may be ways in whichgeneticenhancementcan achieve greater justice, but other routes should not be excluded.
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It is not clear what effectgeneticenhancementwill have on this process of learning through struggle.
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Geneticenhancementis only theoretically possible in humans through germline therapy, which is illegal in all respects in all countries.
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Ifgeneticenhancementproduces a greater balance of good/bad consequences, then enhancement would be morally acceptable.
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That would not, of course, begeneticenhancement.
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The fact is, we do not have sufficient information to assess fully the risks and benefits of social policies that permitgeneticenhancementof offspring.
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Even if we lack an uncontroversial account of disease, we could still ask whether either of the two basic approaches would condemngeneticenhancementunconditionally.
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Geneticenhancementis also a means by which one generation can seek to control the next, for the dead to control the living.
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Such topics as embryonic stem cell research, therapeutic cloning, germ line gene therapy,geneticenhancement, and xenotransplantation all raise ethical issues worth careful exploration.
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Alternatively,geneticenhancementmight increase height, but eventually a ceiling would be reached beyond which height could not be increased further.
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Another distinction is between gene therapy intervention targeted at an identifiable disease and intervention targeted at "improving" natural features, usually referred to asgeneticenhancementor quality improvement.
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I will argue that the distinction does not mark a firm boundary between moral and immoral genetic interventions, and thatgeneticenhancementis not inherently immoral.
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In the current debate in bioethics, several writers have attempted to use the concepts of health and disease to distinguish between genetic therapy andgeneticenhancement.
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The upshot of this section is that we have once again debunked several arguments that might be construed as proving thatgeneticenhancementis inherently wrong.
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Possible regulatory schemes include a complete ban ofgeneticenhancement, provision ofgeneticenhancement procedures to everyone, or a system of professional self-regulation.
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However, the main allure ofgeneticenhancementis the potential for experiences that we do not yet know (even if they are capacities that we experience at a lower level).
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