The Moral Arguments of Genetics and Down Syndrome

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i'm not quite so sold on the moral arguments as they just being important in people's motivation. i think there's a lot of inequality and to do with the way that these things are often used by people in order to buttress their own prejudices. The history of the 20th century in particular led to eugenics which is where this canon doesn't have to by any means uh is not good. I'd recommend to your listeners another book allen roth aden rothford's new book control which will come out in the us later this year.

Shermer and Cobb discuss: objections to genetic engineering (political, religious, cultural) • selective breeding • recombinant DNA • the ethics of genetics • patenting life • gene therapy • gene editing • CRISPR • literature and films on the dangers of genetic engineering • bioweapons • 3 Laws of Behavior Genetics and what people fear about it.

Matthew Cobb is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester. He is the author of six books: The Idea of the Brain: A History; Life’s Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code; Generation; The Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazis; Eleven Days in August: The Liberation of Paris in 1944; and Smell: A Very Short Introduction. He lives in England.