From: Nick Bostrom (nick@nickbostrom.com)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 20:17:09 MST
A first draft of a new paper, "A Transhumanist Perspective on Genetic
Enhancements". It's an attempt to begin developing an ethical framework for
public policy regarding genetic enhancements and, particularly, human
germ-line genetic engineering. The target audience is professional
ethicists. (Many of the ethical issues about genesis-choices - i.e. choices
involving the creation of new persons - are independent of the particular
technology used, so the genetic case can be used as an example for a more
general class of problems.)
http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/enhancements.html
http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/enhancements.pdf
(A related earlier brief paper, "Ethics for Intelligent Machines: A
Proposal" is at
http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/machines.html
http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/machines.pdf)
Thoughtful comments would be welcomed!
Nick Bostrom
Department of Philosophy, Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520 | Phone: (203) 500-0021 | Fax: (203) 432-7950
Homepage: http://www.nickbostrom.com
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