Last word: imagining the future.
H.G. Wells warned, in 1895, not to allow economic injustices to become so acute that they ultimately transform human biology. Wells's warning is all the more pertinent today as society contemplates the use of biotechnologies to manipulate or "enhance" the human genome.
Green
Ronald M
RM
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D005544:Forecasting; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000941:ethics; D024861:Genetic Enhancement / Q000941:ethics*; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors