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From YUCK to WOW and Back Again
Author(s) -
Davis Dena S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
religious studies review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 1748-0922
pISSN - 0319-485X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-0922.2009.01354.x
Subject(s) - citation , eugenics , perfection , history , library science , law , philosophy , political science , computer science , theology
This review essay discusses three recent books on the problem of "directed evolution," or genetic engineering, written from differing philosophical perspectives. The books are Babies by Design, by Ronald M. Green, Enhancing Evolution, by John Harris, and The Case against Perfection, by Michael J. Sandel.