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he focuses on the social harms of genetic enhancement, Singer can be thought of as applying the ethical theory known as _________.

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What assumption does Pence think people who object to SCNT make when they say that SCNT is not best for the child?

A) The parents have good motives.
B) We can't tell what the motives of the parents are.
C) The parents have bad motives.
D) none of the above

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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_________ is the project of "improving" humanity by bringing about genetic changes in future generations.

What does Pence think is an appropriate standard for the safety of SCNT before it should be allowed?

Kass claims that in some cases _________ is "the emotional expression of deep wisdom, beyond reason's power to completely articulate it."

In therapeutic cloning, the goal is to

Of the following social problems that could result from a genetic supermarket, which does Singer think is the least serious?

Which of the following is not an objection that Kass makes against cloning?

Sandel argues, "The real problem with genetically altered athletes is that they corrupt athletic competition as a human activity that honors the cultivation and display of natural _________."

Which of the following is a premise of Kass's despotism argument?

Pence argues that human cloning through SCNT, given its current level of safety, is morally permissible.

SCNT individuals are offspring produced by reproductive cloning.

In Kass's view, cloning "turns procreation into _________" because "the total genetic blueprint of the cloned individual is selected and determined by the human artisans."

_________ cloning is cloning whose main purpose is to produce an individual member of a species.

According to Pence, embryos cannot be harmed or benefitted because they are not _________.

Suppose two athletes, A and B, are equally skilled. Suppose also that A naturally inherited certain traits from her father that made playing the sport easier for her, and thus she didn't have to train as hard as B. According to the ethic of willfulness,

Frances Kamm objects to Sandel's argument that the desire for _________ is a bad disposition and that genetic enhancement is wrong because it expresses this disposition.

According to Sandel, eugenics and genetic enhancement can be seen to be wrong from a secular perspective because they would produce unwelcome changes in

According to Kass, determining whether human cloning is feasible would itself require unethical experimentation.

Kamm maintains that if an individual is designed in detail by other persons, then that individual is still entitled to respect.