Risks and Ethics of Human Gene Editing

Madeleine Hayenhjelm is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Umeå University, Sweden. She is currently appointed ethics expert on the Swedish Gene Technology Advisory Board.Christer Nordlund is Professor of History of Science and Ideas and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Umeå University, Sweden. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

• Preface.- Introduction.- A New Pair of Scissors and Moral Alarm Bells.- Positions on the Germline Boundary: Stop, Wait, or Go?.- Three Moral Perspectives on the Permissibility of Germline Editing.- Moral Theory and Moral Reasons.- Categorical Objections to Germline Editing.- Consequence Arguments for and against Germline Editing.- Enhancement Arguments.- Lingering Concerns.- Human Germline as a Moral Boundary: Categorical, Conditional, or Precautionary?.- References.