Response to Beriain

Krishanu Saha; J Benjamin Hurlbut; Sheila Jasanoff

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.08.004

Response to Beriain

Trends Biotechnol. 2018 Dec;36(12):1206-1207. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.08.004. Epub 2018 Sep 14.

Authors

Krishanu Saha¹, J Benjamin Hurlbut², Sheila Jasanoff³

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Medical History & Bioethics, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
³ Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, USA.

PMID: 30224226
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.08.004

Abstract

Professor Beriain's criticism rests on a narrow conception of human dignity pertaining only to individuals within a society. The social relations and norms that underpin human dignity are treated as mere group interests that are secondary to the dignity of the individual. In our view, this is a false dichotomy.

Keywords: CRISPR; bioethics; ethics; gene editing; science policy; science studies.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Bioethics*
Gene Editing
Germ Cells
Human Rights
Humans
Personhood