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Good question for tweeps - who is doing good work on the ethics of genetic selection (embryo screening), especially in relation to growing list of high-risk mutations for neurodevelopmental conditions like autism?
I just heard of Michael Sandel at Harvard yesterday and his book: The Case Against Perfection, which comes highly recommended scholar.harvard.edu/sandel/publica…
Precis available here: researchgate.net/publication/22…
Some very interesting observations on the broader consequences of widespread adoption of genetically informed embryo selection...
The moral and ethical issues are not limited to the individual cases but also arise in the possible changes to the perceived relationship of parents and children in society in general
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