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| Title |
Moderate eugenics and human enhancement
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11019-013-9485-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael J. Selgelid |
| Abstract |
Though the reputation of eugenics has been tarnished by history, eugenics per se is not necessarily a bad thing. Many advocate a liberal new eugenics--where individuals are free to choose whether or not to employ genetic technologies for reproductive purposes. Though genetic interventions aimed at the prevention of severe genetic disorders may be morally and socially acceptable, reproductive liberty in the context of enhancement may conflict with equality. Enhancement could also have adverse effects on utility. The enhancement debate requires a shift in focus. What the equality and/or utility costs of enhancement will be is an empirical question. Rather than philosophical speculation, more social science research is needed to address it. Philosophers, meanwhile, should address head-on the question of how to strike a balance between liberty, equality, and utility in cases of conflict (in the context of genetics). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 43% |
| South Africa | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 73 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 70 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 34% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 11% |
| Researcher | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 13 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 14 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 10% |
| Psychology | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 15 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 April 2021.
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#4,130,585
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#121
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#35,623
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#1
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