The global governance of genetic enhancement technologies: Justification, proposals, and challenges
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2024-03-19Referencia bibliográfica
Rueda Etxebarria, Jon. 72, 2024 55-71. [https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/enrahonar.1519]
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US-Spain Fulbright; INPhINIT Retaining Fellowship of the La Caixa Foundation (Grant number LCF/BQ/DR20/11790005); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (421523/2022-0)Resumen
The prospect of human genetic enhancement requires an institutional response, and
probably the creation of new institutions. The governance of genetic enhancement technologies,
moreover, needs to be global in scope. In this article, I analyze the debate on
the global governance of human genetic enhancement. I begin by offering a philosophical
justification for the need to adopt a global framework for governance of technologies
that would facilitate the improvement of non-pathological genetic traits. I then summarize
the main concrete proposals that have recently emerged to govern genome editing at
the global level. Finally, I develop some impediments that limit the impetus for global
governance of genetic enhancement.