The chapter takes a closer look at arguments for and against germline gene editing for human enhancement, including radical human enhancement. On the one hand, there are hopes of taking control of evolution, dreams of perfecting humankind and reaching a posthuman Utopia, and visions of saving humanity from natural disasters, while on the other hand, there are fears about jeopardizing the existence of humanity itself. Even though these arguments are indeed speculative, it is stressed in the chapter that they raise some difficult questions about the kind of future we value, who we might want to be in that future, and who would and would not truly benefit from such interventions.

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Enhancement Arguments

  • Madeleine Hayenhjelm,
  • Christer Nordlund

摘要

The chapter takes a closer look at arguments for and against germline gene editing for human enhancement, including radical human enhancement. On the one hand, there are hopes of taking control of evolution, dreams of perfecting humankind and reaching a posthuman Utopia, and visions of saving humanity from natural disasters, while on the other hand, there are fears about jeopardizing the existence of humanity itself. Even though these arguments are indeed speculative, it is stressed in the chapter that they raise some difficult questions about the kind of future we value, who we might want to be in that future, and who would and would not truly benefit from such interventions.