RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Genetic enhancements and expectations
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 433
OP 435
DO 10.1136/jme.2008.026435
VO 35
IS 7
A1 K Sorensen
YR 2009
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/35/7/433.abstract
AB Some argue that genetic enhancements and environmental enhancements are not importantly different: environmental enhancements such as private schools and chess lessons are simply the old-school way to have a designer baby. I argue that there is an important distinction between the two practices—a distinction that makes state restrictions on genetic enhancements more justifiable than state restrictions on environmental enhancements. The difference is that parents have no settled expectations about genetic enhancements.