Abstract
The potential impact of the Human Genome Project on selective abortion is considered here, as is human gene therapy. Themes of emphasis are broadly humanistic: human suffering, contingency, and perfection. The chief concerns of the article lie with selective abortion for less than serious reasons, and with the importance of avoiding efforts to “enhance” human beings by gene transfer methods. The style is widely interdisciplinary.
Overview summary
Abortion, the Human Genome Project, and human gene therapy are each topics that have elicited considerable moral reflection. Post attempts to examine how these three areas are interrelated and how the existence of these interrelationships have an influence on the moral discussions.
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