title: The new genetics: promise or threat to children?
abstract: What will treating children as consumer artefacts, to be changed genetically at parental or medical whim, do to our understanding of human existence, of human identity, or of intergenerational obligations? These issues are explored in a paper based on a lecture given recently at a New Zealand conference.
authors.affiliation: Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London
authors.forename: Priscilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alderson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D032821:Commodification; D033041:Embryo Research / Q000941:ethics; D005053:Eugenics; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011639:Public Opinion