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Coors, Marilyn Elizabeth.

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The ethical boundary of human germ-line alteration: Who will we become if we cannot "draw the lines?".

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The ethical boundary of human germ-line alteration: Who will we become if we cannot "draw the lines?"./
Author:	Coors, Marilyn Elizabeth.
Description:	323 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-04, Section: A, page: 1197.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International59-04A.
Subject:	Philosophy. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9829763
ISBN:	9780591824841

The ethical boundary of human germ-line alteration: Who will we become if we cannot "draw the lines?".
Coors, Marilyn Elizabeth.

The ethical boundary of human germ-line alteration: Who will we become if we cannot "draw the lines?". - 323 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-04, Section: A, page: 1197.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver, 1998.

The successful demonstration of the alteration of germline cells in mouse has prompted an appeal from ethicists, theologians, scientists, and non-professionals to reflect upon this novel technology and its unforseen consequences for future human beings. We regularly make decisions or take action which affect future generations: have children, use pesticides, pollute our environment, or explode an atomic bomb. However, biogenetic technology is seen as a qualitative departure from the former parameters of human action in that its effects upon the human genome are permanent, cumulative, and specific. Humans may be able to program our own cells long before we are able to assess the long-term consequences of such alteration, formulate goals, or resolve the ethical problems which will be generated.

ISBN: 9780591824841Subjects--Topical Terms:

516511
Philosophy.

The ethical boundary of human germ-line alteration: Who will we become if we cannot "draw the lines?".
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520 $a The successful demonstration of the alteration of germline cells in mouse has prompted an appeal from ethicists, theologians, scientists, and non-professionals to reflect upon this novel technology and its unforseen consequences for future human beings. We regularly make decisions or take action which affect future generations: have children, use pesticides, pollute our environment, or explode an atomic bomb. However, biogenetic technology is seen as a qualitative departure from the former parameters of human action in that its effects upon the human genome are permanent, cumulative, and specific. Humans may be able to program our own cells long before we are able to assess the long-term consequences of such alteration, formulate goals, or resolve the ethical problems which will be generated.
520 $a While acknowledging the potential diagnostic and therapeutic benefits which human germ-line gene alteration is likely to effect, the summons is to construct guidelines for the ethical evaluation and utilization of this technology. In response, the thesis of this dissertation argues that there is no singular ethical theory which can, by itself, respond to the challenges which germ-line gene alteration will foster. A blend of ethical theories is required to expand the moral domain to encompass this new technology. The method for this amalgamation of ethical theories is the analysis of the aspects of the moral event: the agent, the act, the circumstance, and the consequence. The work of three philosophers, Edmund Pellegrino, Hans Jonas, and Emmanuel Levinas has been engaged to accomplish this task. The goal is to construct an ethical framework for the appraisal of the research, procedures, and policies pertinent to human germ-line alteration.
520 $a The conclusion of this research is the proposal of an ethical matrix comprised of virtues, duties, and principles drawn from the analysis of the moral event. The matrix is designed to facilitate deliberations and decision-making processes pertaining to the temporal and moral dilemmas spawned by the advent of human germ-line alteration. Additionally, it is intended to manifest the ethical boundary of human germ-line alteration. The matrix demonstrates that the ethical boundary of human germ-line gene alteration should be established at the point of fatal genetic disorder.
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