Creating Human Nature

The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering

Benjamin Gregg (University of Texas, Austin)

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English

Cambridge University Press
20 October 2022

Ethics & moral philosophy; Political science & theory; Medical & healthcare law; Impact of science & technology on society; Genetic engineering

Human genetic enhancement, examined from the standpoint of the new field of political bioethics, displaces the age-old question of truth: What is human nature? This book displaces that question with another: What kind of human nature should humans want to create for themselves? To answer that question, this book answers two others: What constraints should limit the applications of rapidly developing biotechnologies? What could possibly form the basis for corresponding public policy in a democratic society? Benjamin Gregg focuses on the distinctly political dimensions of human nature, where politics refers to competition among competing values on which to base public policy, legislation, and political culture. This book offers citizens of democratic communities a broad perspective on how they together might best approach urgent questions of how to deal with the socially and morally challenging potential for human genetic engineering.

By: Benjamin Gregg (University of Texas Austin)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781108789714
ISBN 10: 1108789714
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 20 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I. The Political Bioethics of Regulating Genetic Engineering: 1. Regulation Guided by Proceduralism; 2. Regulation Guided by Less-than-Universal Standards; 3. Regulation Guided by Human Nature as Construction Not Essence; 4. Regulation Guided by Human Dignity as Decisional Autonomy Not Essence; Part II. The Political Dimensions of Engineering Intelligence: 5. Threshold Capacities for Political Participation; 6. Political Capacity of Human Intelligence and the Challenge of AI; 7. Political Ambiguity of Personalized Education Informed by the Pupil's Genome; Part III. Inequality as Unintended Consequence Locally and as a Planetary Phenomenon: 8. A Human Right to Freedom from Genetic Disability; 9. Deploying Epigenetics to Identify Responsibility for Health Inequalities; 10. Genetic Engineering as a Technology of the Anthropocene; Coda: Bioethics as Political Theory.

Benjamin Gregg is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Texas at Austin.