Advances in heritable genome editing, such as with CRISPR-Cas9, promise to ensure that some possible future children with genetic disorders are not created — but at what cost to equality? If only certain kinds of people are brought into existence, do we risk undermining the very foundations of social justice?
This groundbreaking volume brings together leading philosophical, ethical and legal scholars to explore the implications of selecting future children.
Examining this urgent issue through the lens of equality, it challenges us to consider whether genetic selection of children aligns with the core principles of a fair and just society.
1. Introduction - Andorno, MacKellar & James
2. The Origins of Equality - James
3. Equality in Philosophy: What makes human beings equal? - Andorno
4. Equality and the History of Eugenics - Jones
5. Equality in International Law - van Beers
6. Does a ‘life unworthy of life’ actually exist in the case of very sever genetic disability - Matthews
7. Equality, Heritable Genome Editing and the Expressivist Argument - MacKellar
8. How is personal identity perceived in the light of congenital characteristics? - Sufian
9. Could Heritable Genome Editing be used without undermining equality in particular circumstances? - Playford
10. Equality of Access to Heritable Genome Editing - Stammers
11. Heritable Genome Editing and Intergenerational Equality - Capella
12. Heritable Genome Editing in the light of the equality and the heritage of humanity - Jacobs
13. Heritable Genome Editing, Equality, and the Future of Society - Darnovsky & Hasson
14. Equality in the decisions to prohibit heritable genome editing - Hurlbut
15. Conclusion - MacKellar, Andorno & James
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