Ethics and Bioethics

GMO Humans: The Countdown Begins

  Today is the last day of a landmark conference in Washington, D.C. The International Summit on Human Gene Editing . Formerly referred to as “germline intervention”, Human Gene Editing (HGE) is the creation of a genetically modified human. HGE changes made to a human child at an embryonic level will be passed through normal sexual reproduction to all future offspring. This emerging technology has profound implications for the future of the human race. Advocates hope to bring generational...

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Eugenics

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” These words, written over two hundred years ago, became the very foundation of what the United States of America stands for. Yet in the past hundred years, millions of American citizens have been denied the rights and truths encompassed in this statement. Legalized abortion has defied...

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Transhumanism

"Maybe we're about to radically change the operating system of the human condition. If so, then this would be a really good time to make backups of our civilization." - Bruce Sterling, American science fiction author Transhumanism is a term symbolized by H+ and often used as a synonym for "human enhancement." It has developed into an international and cultural movement supporting the use of sciences and technologies to enhance human mental and physical abilities and aptitudes. Transhumanism...

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Futile Care Vs Palliative Care

Ethics Committees and Futile Care Futile Care Theory: Bioethicists Should Stop Pretending They Are Doing Patients a Favor Sunday, May 30, 2010, 5:49 PM Wesley J. Smith Allowing people to make their own informed decisions regarding the extent of end-of-life medical treatment is crucial to respecting all people as persons. Indeed, that view was first promoted by the late great Paul Ramsey, the Christian theologian/bioethicist, in his pioneering lectures and subsequent book, The Patient as a...

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