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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
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‘My child will never initiate Ultimate Harm’: an argument against moral enhancement
- Correspondence to Dr Ryan Tonkens, Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia; ryan.tonkens{at}monash.edu
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‘My child will never initiate Ultimate Harm’: an argument against moral enhancement
Publication history
- Received September 30, 2013
- Revised February 3, 2014
- Accepted March 26, 2014
- First published April 19, 2014.
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April 27, 2016
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