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Human dignity and gene editing
Author(s) -
Miguel Beriain Iñigo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201846789
Subject(s) - dignity , genome editing , biology , gene , genetics , computational biology , environmental ethics , political science , crispr , philosophy , law
A common argument against gene editing the human germline is the notion of dignity as linked to the human genome. But this based on a logical fallacy and should rather prompt us to consider gene editing for therapeutic purposes in order to preserve human dignity.