Designer Babies

Episode 17 - Designer Babies

This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the ethics of parents being able to choose the genetic characteristics of their children. Is “germinal choice” good for parents, children, society? 

Show Notes:

He Jiankui and Gene-Edited Babies

Sandel Michael J. 2007. The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering. Cambrige: Harvard University Press

De-extinction of Direwolves 

 

Credits:

Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits
Produced by Jake Burley
Music by Jake Burley