Basic Bioethical Viewpoints Bioconservatives biomoderates bioliberals Therapy ok, but not Therapy ok, enhancement Therapy ok, enhancement enhancement ok, with limits better best left okay, sometimes “Normality” “Normality” “Normality” alone; enhancement can enhancement better in worse than disease: must be risky: unintended some cases enhance. Evolution isn’t a consequences, completed masterpiece, unbalancing but ongoing, nature’s not “natural” evolution always right Enhancement unnatural, Enhancement same as Enhancement same as playing God (emotions what nature does, but what nature does, but like disgust show this) quicker quicker. Sanitation and antibiotics also are actions b/c wipe out living things (but bad living things) Enhancement always Enhancement okay, within NOT enhancing can be limits: assure equality immoral b/c enhancements immoral (on religious, (rich/poor, can curtail self-destructive normality grounds); let disabled/enabled), careful impulses; enhancement nature run its course resource distribution, safety, always good no cheating (e.g. sports), permission (e.g. careful w/babies)
Basic Bioethical Viewpoints Bioconservatives biomoderates bioliberals Therapy ok, but not enhancement Therapy ok, enhancement ok, with limits Therapy ok, enhancement better “Normality” best left alone; enhancement can be risky: unintended consequences, unbalancing “natural” evolution “Normality” okay, enhancement better in some cases “Normality” sometimes worse than disease: must enhance. Evolution isn’t a completed masterpiece, but ongoing, nature’s not always right Enhancement unnatural, playing God (emotions like disgust show this) Enhancement same as what nature does, but quicker Enhancement same as what nature does, but quicker. Sanitation and antibiotics also are actions b/c wipe out living things (but bad living things) Enhancement always immoral (on religious, normality grounds); let nature run its course Enhancement okay, within limits: assure equality (rich/poor, disabled/enabled), careful resource distribution, safety, no cheating (e.g. sports), permission (e.g. careful w/babies) NOT enhancing can be immoral b/c enhancements can curtail self-destructive impulses; enhancement always good
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