Ethics of Gene Editing and Genetic Selection

Julian Savulescu, FAHMS
National University of Singapore

Abstract: This presentation will compare the ethics of gene editing in human beings to the genetic selection of embryos. It will then discuss moral obligations in pursuing human gene editing research and selecting the best child (procreative beneficence). It will outline a translational pathway for ethical first-in-human trials of gene editing and consider the ethics of the enhancement revolution, particularly in respect to bioenhancement. 

Hot Topics in Research Ethics is presented by the University of Malaya with support from the Fogarty International Center of the United States at the National Institutes of Health in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.