Bioconservatism, bioliberalism, and the wisdom of reflecting on repugnance.

Journal article

We consider the current debate between bioconservatives and their chief opponents--whom we dub bioliberals--about the moral acceptability of human enhancement and the policy implications of moral debates about enhancement. We argue that this debate has reached an impasse, largely because bioconservatives hold that we should honour intuitions about the special value of being human, even if we cannot identify reasons to ground those intuitions. We argue that although intuitions are often a reli...

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Authors: Roache, R; Clarke, S

• Journal: Monash bioethics review
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 4.1-421
• Publication date: 2009-03-01
• EISSN: 1836-6716
• ISSN: 1321-2753
• Language: English
• Keywords: Morals; Prejudice; Social Values; Attitude to Health; Politics; Fear; Humans; Virtues; Intuition; Health Policy; Technology Assessment, Biomedical; Thinking; Humanism; Ethical Analysis; Philosophy, Medical; Dissent and Disputes; Judgment; Biomedical Enhancement