1. HUMAN PERFECTION IN A GENETICALLY FLAWLESS WORLD
... , that was perfect, man-made to perfection and purposefulness. The worry in today's world is exactly that. Fukuyama argues that Huxley is right, "that the most significant threat posed by contemporary biotechnology is the possibility that it will alter human nature and thereby move us into a posthuman' stage of history- (Fukuyama, Our Posthuman Future, 2003, pg 144). With this new stage ... procreation- (Singer, Practical Ethics, 1993, pg 13). Huxley's nightmare dream world is closer to home than 1931. A genetically engineered future is exactly what Huxley was warming (as well as other a...
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