Disease

Should we accept death and ageing, or try to beat them with science?

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Thank you, Dávid Mező, for this immortal question. Unsurprisingly, we are living beings that are born, develop, reproduce, and die. This seems almost a necessity. However, we sometimes hear in the media about astonishing advances in the genetics of senescence and the medical treatment of ageing. The subject, if not yet topical today, will most […]

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Would introducing genetic engineering of humans as a medical practice be that bad?

By / / Ethics (Moral Philosophy), Philosophy of human nature, Philosophy of science / , , , , ,

Thank you, Amir Ayazbayev, for a great question! This question concerns two important philosophical problems: What does it mean to be human? And, what should be the limits of medical intervention? In the case of genetic engineering, we can distinguish three main perspectives. The first, called bioconservatism, suggests that there is an undefined ‘X factor’ somewhere

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