Consequentialist Arguments about Transgenesis in GM Foods, Xenotransplantation and Germ Line Gene Therapy
Overview
Concerns about safety to the individual, the wider community and the potential impact on the environment are typical consequentialist objections to transgenesis and feature prominently in public debates about its ethical acceptability. I consider some of these claims with respect to their motivation, validity and their overall influence on public policy using three well-known applications of transgenesis – GM foods, xenotransplantation and germ line gene therapy.
OPPE Staff
Lucy Carter
Status
Completed
Outcomes
A publication in
a peer-reviewed journal:
Carter L. (2004)
Consequentialist objections to transgenesis: GM foods, xenotransplantion
and germ line gene therapy, Transgenic Research, in press.
Funding
OPPE
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Last updated: 1 September
2004