Free IGI Global article addresses advances in genetic research

PBS.org recently named one of 2015's biggest breakthroughs as the new method for editing genes: CRISPR. This new technology is cheaper and more precise than gene editing tools of the past, allowing scientists to snip out faulty sections of DNA and replace specific genes in living cells. CRISPR brings humankind one step closer to "designer babies" and gene selection in the future.

Genetic modification and enhancement of human beings has recently become a central issue in biomedical ethics, since today's technology could be used to change and to shape our biological characteristics, our cognitive and psychological capacities, and even our dispositions.

During February, IGI Global is offering open access to "In Defense of the Human Prejudice." In the article, author Dr. Tatiana Patrone, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, focuses on critics by providing a diagnosis of why such accounts seem to be so misguided. In short, the paper argues that there is nothing obviously wrong with being a speciesist.

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