Genetic enhancements and expectations.
Some argue that genetic enhancements and environmental enhancements are not importantly different: environmental enhancements such as private schools and chess lessons are simply the old-school way to have a designer baby. I argue that there is an important distinction between the two practices--a distinction that makes state restrictions on genetic enhancements more justifiable than state restrictions on environmental enhancements. The difference is that parents have no settled expectations about genetic enhancements.
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Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, USA. ksorensen@ursinus.edu
D002648:Child; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D024861:Genetic Enhancement / Q000941:ethics*; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors