Liberal eugenics and human nature. Against Habermas.
In the course of developing his arguments against making genetic enhancements to one's children, Habermas assumes that a clear line can be drawn between the natural and the manufactured. But given the current state of medical science, this is precisely what we can no longer take for granted.
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University of Virginia, USA.
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