{"id":13629,"date":"2011-01-15T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13629"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:40:10","slug":"a-not-so-new-eugenics-harris-and-savulescu-on-human-enhancement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13629","title":{"rendered":"A Not-So-New Eugenics: Harris and Savulescu on Human Enhancement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert Sparrow<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hastings-2-e1615250191854.jpg\" alt=\"The Hastings Center Report\" class=\"wp-image-11251\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Hastings Center Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>John Harris and Julian Savulescu, leading figures in the \u201cnew\u201d eugenics, argue that parents are morally obligated to use genetic and other technologies to enhance their children. But the argument they give leads to conclusions even more radical than they acknowledge. Ultimately, the world it would lead to is not all that different from that championed by eugenicists one hundred years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sparrow R. <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/j.1552-146X.2011.tb00098.x?sid=nlm%3Apubmed\">A Not-So-New Eugenics: Harris and Savulescu on Human Enhancement<\/a>. Hast Cent Rep. 2011 January-February;32-42. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Sparrow AbstractJohn Harris and Julian Savulescu, leading figures in the \u201cnew\u201d eugenics, argue that parents are morally obligated to use genetic and other technologies to enhance their children. But the argument they give leads to conclusions even more radical than they acknowledge. 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